Fordism
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Fordism is a system of mass production and industrial management characterized by assembly-line manufacturing, high wages, and standardized products, pioneered in the early 20th century automobile industry.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
economic model
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industrial production system → management theory → |
| associatedWithPolicy |
five-dollar day wage policy
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shorter working day → |
| contrastedWith |
craft production
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flexible specialization → post-Fordism → |
| corePrinciple |
continuous flow production
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minimization of worker movement → product standardization reduces costs → separation of conception and execution of work → workers should be able to buy the products they make → |
| emergedInDecade |
1910s
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| emergedInIndustry |
automobile industry
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| emergedInPeriod |
early 20th century
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| firstImplementedAt |
Ford Highland Park plant
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| geographicallyAssociatedWith |
Detroit
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United States → |
| hasCharacteristic |
assembly-line manufacturing
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centralized management control → collective bargaining with unions → deskilled labor → economies of scale → high throughput production → high wages for workers → intensive division of labor → limited product variety → low unit costs → mass consumption orientation → mass production → scientific management influence → stable long-term employment model → standardized products → standardized work routines → standardized workday → time-and-motion efficiency → use of specialized machinery → vertical integration → |
| historicalPhase |
dominant in mid-20th-century advanced economies
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| influenced |
industrial relations systems in the 20th century
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post-war economic growth models → urbanization patterns around factories → welfare capitalism practices → |
| influencedBy |
Taylorism
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scientific management → |
| namedAfter |
Henry Ford
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| pioneeredBy |
Ford Motor Company
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Henry Ford → |
| typicalProductExample |
Ford Model T
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Henry Ford
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