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Mass Production
Assemblies pass by on a conveyor
Complex products sub lines feed to the main line
Simple: Linear / Complex: Fish bone
Mass Production
Standardized Process
Large amount to products
Ford Model T (early 1900)
Mass Production
High Rate of Production per worker
Lower cost to operate
Expensive to set up
Assembly Line
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Assembly Line
Same task repeated over time
Reduction of labor cost
Tools and parts always at hand
Reduction of variation and human error
Reduction of non-productive efforts
Increase production
Mass Production
Inflexible. Same product over and over.
Model T
First affordable automobile
Any color you want…
Craft / Custom / Artisan
Parts
were not available off the shelf (custom made)
serving the same function were different
Time consuming and expensive (and sometimes impossible)
Interchangeable parts
Components designed to specifications
Prior each product was unique
Replaceable
Started with
Wheels, Tires, RAM, etc…
Interchangeable parts
Credit for the idea of interchangeable parts generally goes to the French gunsmith Honore Le Blanc.
In the mid 18th century he proposed making gun parts from standardized patterns.
Broken parts could be replaced by an identical one
Rejected by France, Imported by Thomas Jefferson. US Ambassador to France.
Mass Production in History
What / Product / Historical relevance / more…
The Venice Arsenal
Johannes Gutenberg
Springfield Armory