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Dell proved assembly-line approach is not needed in manufacturing

Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan

When Henry Ford decided that his company would base its business strategy on affordable automobiles, he had his engineers design a manufacturing system that revolved around a low-cost, assembly-line process.

The idea of standardization and mass production was thought to be the only road to low-cost and high-quality manufacturing. Of course this idea had been in use in a variety of hardware and machinery manufacturing companies since the early 19th century. Mass production was viewed as a natural way to make things efficiently.

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