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Roser, Christoph, author.
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Manufacturing processes -- History.
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"Faster, better, cheaper" in the history of manufacturing : from the Stone Age to lean manufacturing and beyond / Christoph Roser.
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Roser, Christoph, author.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, c2017.
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Manufacturing processes -- History.
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9781498756303 (hardcover)
1498756301 (hardcover)
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xxi, 411 pages ; 24 cm
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1 Edition.
Contents:
Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface : my grandparents workshop -- Failure and success in manufacturing : the General Motors - Toyota nummi joint venture -- The age of the artisan -- The stone age -- The urban revolution : the emergence of society -- Advances during antiquity -- The middle-ages in Europe -- The industrial revolution : manufacturing gets mechanized -- Early modern europe -- Pioneers of a new age : the factory system -- Fire is stronger than blood and water : steam power -- Interchangeable parts : the end of filing in assembly -- Social conflict -- Modern times : mass production for the masses -- Technological advances -- Science meets shop floor -- The assembly line and the era of the industrial empires -- Centrally planned economies : war, communism and other catastrophes -- *click* let-me-do-this-for-you *clack* : computers in manufacturing -- The Toyota production system and lean manufacturing -- The cutting edge -- Where are we now? -- Things to come -- Appendix -- Timelines -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
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