Firms Begin Replacing Skilled Laborers with Automatic Tools
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: The 1960’s
Article abstract: By adding programmable control devices to machines used in manufacturing, industry was able to retain much of the flexibility provided by skilled workers while automating production.
Summary of Event
Numerical control (N/C) is a form of general-purpose machinery control that uses digital computers and programs in the manufacture of items formerly made using general-purpose equipment under the control of skilled operators. The development of this technology in the 1950’s provided manufacturing management in the 1960’s with the...
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