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    capability to dictate about the perspective that we pursue, we think, we buy even the way how we live our lives.One of the production systems called lean production created a revolution in automobile manufacturing industry. To overcome the overwhelming pressures on the industry, Japanese automobile industry adopted a unique automobile production system called as a lean production. James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel ROOS studied (under the sponsorship of IMVP, international motor vehicle program)

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    This time in history, not-ironically called the Great War, was basically marked by putting mass in front of many invaluable terms, such as mass society, mass culture, mass production, mass mobilization and mass consumption. Mass culture was spread by the rising amount of propaganda utilized during this time. Propaganda in the Great War was an imperative part for the development of support, more specifically nationalism, which lead to a great amount of success for certain countries. Culture was shifting

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    consumerism, abundance of essential products is critical to supply the high demands. This would have been very difficult without Henry Ford and his excellence in operating the assembly line. Assembly line is one of the most reliable and durable production techniques ever invented. In the 20th century, assembly line was amongst one of the most remarkable technological advancements. Nearly all the products that we use nowadays, we would not have it in the amount we need and at the prices we have it

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    The mass production of clothing allowed many people to have many different styles of clothing that fit in with specific time periods. “They were up-to-date fashion items that could easily be replaced as styles changed.” (Source 1). In other words, with mass production came one of a kind clothing that was now available to everyone. The clothes created were specific to styles that were

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    different ideas of Fordism (the mass-production, the $5 day, the division of labour and management style), and on why it was important at is time and the effect following from those ideas. The essay has two different paragraphs discussing the positive and the negative effects of Fordism on management and organisations, and workers and society. In the end of the essay there is some paragraphs about the new forms of

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    Introduction: The degree of engineering production has substantially increased over the last one hundred years. There exists numerous reasons why the world has been able to progress so quickly in the last one hundred years than the few thousand years before. The main answer lies in the invention of the assembly line. Prior to the assembly line, production rate was dependent on the precision of specific parts for an item and a worker’s ability to assemble the specific parts together. The assembly

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    The daily life's for postindustrial, industrial and preindustrial societies are all different. Their descriptions of each might sound familiar but are upgraded each time. Preindustrial is the oldest society because it is based near the Industrial Revolution. It amazes me how far our societies have come and how they have impacted the US. If you don't know anything about these societies your about to. Postindustrial society is where the economic importance is about providing information and services

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    It would be hard for some to believe there was a time that taking a train ride was the best way to get around the country. Or even a time when mass production meant your mother made a enough cookies to last more then one night. The Industrial Revolution changed the world and even though we are in a time where trains are only used for local transportation and it is unusual for a household to not have a car. There was time when that was not the case. The Industrial Revolution brought about a higher

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    helped change the world of businesses by implementing the system of mass production. Fordism’s idea is to pay workers a higher price so that they are motivated to work and produce products cheaply for consumers so that consumers buy his products and become loyal customers. Ford believed that high corporate profits could be achieved through paying worker’s higher wages. Fordism was an economic model based on both mass production and mass consumption. There were two interrelated aspects of Ford’s idea:

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    time, manufacturing was often performed in homes and was handmade. These techniques developed over time turning into factories, textile industry, and new technologies. The new industrialization effected the people in terms of mass production and new technologies. Mass production is a system of manufacturing in which machines rapidly product large amounts of a product. This began in the textile industry and decreased the need for skilled workers, and unskilled workers became increasingly important. When

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