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SolidSamurai
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19 Oct 2010 06:23Link
Why?
They seem to be based on the idea of fordism and the expansion from those periods.
(from wiki)
"Fordism is "the eponymous manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods and afford its workers decent enough wages to buy them".[7] It has also been described as "a model of economic expansion and technological progress based on the mass production: the manufacture of standardized products in huge volumes using special purpose machinery and unskilled labour".[8] Although Fordism was a method used to improve productivity in the automotive industry, this principle could be applied to any kind of manufacturing process. Major success stemmed from three major principles:
* The Standardization of the product
* The use of Special-purpose tools and/or equipment via the assembly line
* The Elimination of skilled labour in direct produ
They seem to be based on the idea of fordism and the expansion from those periods.
(from wiki)
"Fordism is "the eponymous manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods and afford its workers decent enough wages to buy them".[7] It has also been described as "a model of economic expansion and technological progress based on the mass production: the manufacture of standardized products in huge volumes using special purpose machinery and unskilled labour".[8] Although Fordism was a method used to improve productivity in the automotive industry, this principle could be applied to any kind of manufacturing process. Major success stemmed from three major principles:
* The Standardization of the product
* The use of Special-purpose tools and/or equipment via the assembly line
* The Elimination of skilled labour in direct produ