Mass production, assembly lines and programmed production
Science and Mathematik applied to productive techniques
Total Quality Management thanks communication between factory lines
Capitalism matures
1+980-1995
Transportation of materials optimized
Large industries companies and banks
Cold War between capitalism and communist blocks
Trade union movements and resistance of the working class
Drastical reduction of production costs
Increases the production of goods due to the high demand
Known as First Industrial Revolution
Psycologist and engineer Lillian M Gilbreth
Two world wars
Goods cheaper and more accessible for general population
Lean manufacturing systems such as Just in Time
Manufacturing cost reduction
Scientific thinkers Gantt and Taylor
1910-1980
Production controlled by computers
First factories with steam machines
1880-1920
Mass population movements from rural to urban areas
1750-1880