Production Access

| Era | Production System | Key Characteristics | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Craft Production | Handmade, custom, slow, high skill, low volume. | | Industrial Revolution 1.0 (1780s) | Mechanization | Water/steam power, factories, standardization. | | Mass Production (1910s) | Assembly Line | Interchangeable parts, high volume, low cost (Fordism). | | Lean Production (1970s) | JIT & Kaizen | Reduced waste, inventory control, continuous improvement (Toyota). | | Industry 4.0 (Today) | Smart Factories | IoT, AI, Robotics, Big Data, mass customization. |

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Robots are taking over repetitive tasks, while AI optimizes schedules and predicts when machines might break. | Era | Production System | Key Characteristics

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Centralized (one giant factory) maximizes economies of scale. Decentralized production (many small micro-factories near customers) minimizes shipping costs and lead times. With the rise of 3D printing and smaller, smarter machines, the pendulum is swinging back toward distributed production . This is called "mass localization."