Production pulled by market demand rather than pushed by a factory schedule. UBA Universidad de Buenos Aires Taylorismo Worker Profile Specialized/Repetitive Specialized/Repetitive Multifunctional/Engaged Any (focus on task) Standardized (Mass) Diversified (On-demand) Large Inventories Minimal (Just-in-Time) Quality Control At the end At the end During every step specifically differs from Fordist stockpiling Taylorismo Fordismo Toyotismo 2
The lean model hates fixed costs. Toyotismo relies heavily on a periphery of temporary, part-time, and subcontracted workers. These "non-core" workers do the repetitive, dangerous jobs (e.g., foundry work) without job security, while core workers enjoy Kaizen teams. Taylorismo-Fordismo-Toyotismo
Ford famously paid his workers $5 a day—double the average at the time—not just to reduce turnover, but to ensure his own employees could afford to buy the cars they built. Production pulled by market demand rather than pushed
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