dc.contributor.author | Williams, Karel | |
dc.contributor.author | Haslam, Colin | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, John | |
dc.contributor.editor | Beynon, Huw | |
dc.contributor.editor | Nichols, Theo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-03T14:01:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-03T14:01:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Williams , K , Haslam , C & Williams , J 2006 , Ford V Fordism : The Beginning of Mass production . in H Beynon & T Nichols (eds) , The Fordism of Ford and Modern Management . Edward Elgar Publishing , pp. Chapter 6 . | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 1858989485 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781858989488 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/8963 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article questions the stereotypes of Fordism and mass production. It does so by demonstrating that there is a contradiction between the stereotypes and the reality of Henry Ford's manufacturing practice in production of the Model T at the Highland Park factory between 1909 and 1919. Highland Park was not an inflexible factory which combined dedicated equipment, Taylorised semi-skilled workers and a standardised product. More positively, the article quantifies Ford's heroic achievement in taking two-thirds of the labour hours out of the product at the same time as he built more of each car. Ford used productive intervention to realise manufacturing flow through proto-Japanese manufacturing techniques which involved a commitment to continuous improvement. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing | |
dc.relation.ispartof | The Fordism of Ford and Modern Management | |
dc.title | Ford V Fordism : The Beginning of Mass production | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics | |
dc.contributor.institution | Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute | |
rioxxterms.type | Other | |
herts.preservation.rarelyaccessed | true | |