Definition of "mass production" [mass production]

• The manufacture of goods in large quantities, often using standardized designs and assembly-line techniques. (noun)

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• "EPILOGUE 1. For a review of the impact of mass production on European thinking, see Thomas Hughes, American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, New York: Penguin Books, 1989, particularly Chapter 6, “Taylorismus + Fordismus = Amerikanismus,” and Chapter 7, “The Second Discovery of America.”"
• "Craft production characteristics of drawbacks of versus mass production organization in overtake of, by mass production at Panhard et Levassor P&L"
• "Supply chain bidding in components supply in lean production and cost adjustments and debugging and decentralization, heijunka in hurdles in lean supply kaizen in lean supply in practice making running changes in parts design in mature mass production parts supply in mature mass production and problem of fluctuating volume and production smoothing and quality control reforming mass-production supply systems supplier associations in lean supply in U.S. automotive industry and value engineering"