Answer:
Henry
Ford revolutionised industrial production by adopting the assembly line system
to his car plant in Detroit. Assembly line was a method of faster and cheaper
production of vehicles, as it forced workers to repeat a single task
mechanically and continuously. The pace of work was dictated by the conveyor
belt, leading to increase in output per worker by speeding up the pace of work.
His
practices soon spread in the US and were largely copied in Europe. Mass
production lowered costs of engineered goods while higher wages increased the
purchasing power of people. This created a boom in the consumer goods and
housing sector. In this way, 'Fordist industrial practice' revolutionised
industrial production. (5)
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