Abstract
This chapter traces how the development of the automobile industry led to new methods of production. It analyzes how Henry Ford and a team of engineers at the Ford Motor Company developed the idea of Mass Production by combining the idea of interchangeable parts and the idea of the moving assembly line. The chapter also discusses how Fredrick Winslow Taylor’s idea of Scientific Management combined with Ford’s idea of Mass Production to create a new method of production based on scientific principles, such as time-and-motion studies and industrial psychology.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Gies J (1991) Automating the worker. Am Heritage Invention Technol 6:56–63
Guest R (1967) The rationalization of management. In: Kranzberg M, Pursell C (eds) Technology in western civilization, 2 vols. Oxford University Press, New York, p 2:52–63
Hounshell DA (1984) From the American system to mass production, 1800–1932. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
Hughes T (1989) American genesis: a century of invention and technological enthusiasm, 1870–1970. Viking, New York
Kanigel R (1997) The one best way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the enigma of efficiency. Viking, New York
Marcus A, Segal HP (1989) Technology in America: a brief history. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, San Diego
Rae JB (1965) The American automobile: a brief history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Rae JB (1967) The rationalization of production. In: Kranzberg M, Pursell C (eds) Technology in western civilization, 2 vols. Oxford University Press, New York, p 2:37–51
Smith MR (1977) Harper’s Ferry armory and the new technology. Cornell University Press, Ithaca
Taylor FW (1967) The principles of scientific management. Norton, New York, W.W.
Woodbury RS (1960) The legend of Eli Whitney and interchangeable parts. Technol Cult 1:235–253
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Channell, D.F. (2019). New Methods of Production. In: The Rise of Engineering Science. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 35. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95606-0_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95606-0_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-95605-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-95606-0
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)