1700 - 1870 Industrial Revolution # I
1870 - 1914 Industrial Revolution # II
1914 - 1918 World War I
1930 - KANBAN
1765-1840 Industrial Revolution #I
The First Industrial Revolution originated in England, also known as the United Kingdom. With it, by fluke or design, came the dawning of true democracy. Of capitalism. Of Taylorism. And of many more ism's, like it or not. It is all but easy to get a clear view of our modern age.
But we will try to make some sense to you.
Below you'll find a far from complete list of changes that came out of the
'No taxation without representation.' -era.
More specifically, a view on business evolution since the Victorian age up until now.
One of the earliest inventions in this timeframe was the factory. The first well known was John Lombe's water-powered silk mill at Derby, operational by 1721. By 1746, an integrated brass mill was working at Warmley near Bristol. Raw material went in at one end, was smelted into brass and was turned into pans, pins, wire, and other goods. But that was just the beginning. Next up, the Spinning Jenny, for instance, is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1765 by James Hargreaves in Stan hill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in 'good old England'.
1870 'Taylorism'
read: The Principles of Scientific Management
By 1870 , Taylor, as foreman at Midvale Steel Works in Philadelphia, was "constantly impressed by the failure of his team members to produce more than about one-third of what he deemed a good day's work". Taylor determined to discover, by scientific methods, how long it should take men to perform each given piece of work.This is also the start of a new wave of inventions, the Second, Technological revolution is about to change the world even more. A synergy between iron and steel, railroads and coal developed at the beginning of the Second Revolution sparked so many inventions. Electricity, radar technology, telegraphs, typewriters, telephones, radio's, , fountain pen's, pencils, camera's, phonographs to name just a few we cannot think to live without today.
1870-1914 Industrial Revolution #II
Another major influential industry soon followed and would lead to a cascade of innovations that would seep through every layer of industry and continue to shape our modern world. Namely, the re-invention of the wheel. Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Motor Car, known as the "Motorwagen," in 1886. It was the first true, modern automobile, meaning Benz is most often identified as the man who invented the car.
Meanwhile, 1901, Sandvik, a prominent Swedish multinational engineering company, invented and started the production of steel conveyor belts, which first revolutionized the mining industry. In 1913, Henry Ford made conveyor-belt assembly lines and 'Taylorism' common practice on a large, very large scale and for years and years to come. The counter for the model T exceeded over 15 million solely in the U.S. By the late '20-ties factories had emerged everywhere around the globe and with them new challenges of efficiency came. Meanwhile, the Second Industrial Revolution raged on. After all, this was Edison's, Tesla's and Einstein's era, need I say more? Nay.
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Taylorism's origins are deeply rooted in the automotive industries, mainly in Ford factories, as illustrated above.
World War I
1914-1918
Needless to say, World War I, caused a delay in the development of benign technologies. So the next, Third Industrial Revolution will not occur until 1947. It was mainly initiated by the Space Race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and the will to harness nuclear power.
1930
Then suddenly in 1930, out of a far East corner of the world, based on the principals of Kaizen, conceived in Toyota Car factory, came a methodology would change mass production for ever.
In the beginning they were just simple cards to track moving parts on the assembly lines. But over the years it became a blueprint for the shipping labels worldwide, even to this day. As you can see on the pictures above, the label has changed very little. The only major difference?
Bar- and qr-codes.