Forcing the Factory of the Future: Cybernation and Societal Institutions by Bryn Jones
English | June 28, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0521572061 | 318 pages | PDF | 3,7 MB
This study of the pursuit of the "automatic factory" focuses on the key industry of metalworking in Britain, Italy, Japan and the United States. It unveils a recurring historical conflict between two logics of factory management and organization: workshop principles and principles of a standardized factory.