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Vol 26 - No 02 - March 2000 Manufacturing, past, present and future. Part 2: the present This is the second part of a three part series based upon David Little's inaugural lecture at the University of Huddersfield... Part 1 in the series examined the important change from craft based manufacture to mass production. This enabled the low cost manufacture of large volumes of standard goods such as clothes, furniture, domestic appliances and so on. The change was important because the low cost of manufacture placed these items within reach of the majority of the population of all developed nations. In this way mass production both fuelled and fed the rampant consumerism of the post war period and changed the lifestyles of millions with over 40% of UK employment based on the factory system.... Page number: Page: 21 Word count: Words: approx. 1500 Related Topics: Manufacturing resource planning Material requirements planning
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