Mass production


Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products
on production lines. It was popularised by Henry Ford in the early 20th
Century, notably in his Ford Model T.

Pre Industrial Revolution

While Ford was first to introduce mass production to the industrial age, the
idea was first developed in Venice several hundred years ealier, where ships
were mass-produced using pre-manufactured parts, and assembly lines.

The the Venice Arsenal apparently produced nearly one ship every day, in
what was effectively the world's first factory that, at it's height,
employed 16,000 people.