Tuesday 17 May 2011

What is Fordism? WEBQUEST Created by Ignacio and Matías


Fordism is "the eponymous manufacturing system designed to spew out standardized, low-cost goods and afford its workers decent enough wages to buy them". It has also been described as "a model of economic expansion and technological progress based on mass production: the manufacture of standardized products in huge volumes using special purpose machinery and unskilled labour". Although Fordism was a method used to improve productivity in the automotive industry, this principle could be applied to any kind of manufacturing process. Major success stemmed from three major principles:

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1 comment:

  1. Excellent webquest!! It would be nice if you change the name of the links and include the info people may find there. Please, edit your post and fix that little problem. Congrats!!!

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