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HISTORY OF MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT

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...the man who aspires to fortune or fame by new discoveries must be content to examine with care the knowledge of his contemporaries, or to exhaust his efforts in inventing again, what he will most probably find has been better executed before. (Charles Babbage, 1835, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures: §327)

The Beginnings of Manufacturing Management

The Industrial Revolution brought with it new processes, new products and new management problems. Before the industrial revolution most production occurred in small workshops employing few skilled people using hand tools and craft methods (Chandler, 1977). With the industrial revolution, workshops evolved into integrated factories using power-driven machinery attended by large numbers of lower-skilled workers performing increasingly specialized tasks. As the scale and complexity of manufacturing increased management was needed to provide direction and control. Manufacturing management grew in the industrial revolution: it...

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Wilson, J.M. (2000). HISTORY OF MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT . In: Swamidass, P.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0612-8_406

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