Post-fordism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The dominant economic system following Fordism in most industrialized countries. uncountable

    "On the level of production, the move from Fordism to post-Fordism involves a shift from mass production of homogeneous goods to small batch customization, that is, from uniformity and standardization to flexible, variable production for niche markets."

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"On the level of production, the move from Fordism to post-Fordism involves a shift from mass production of homogeneous goods to small batch customization, that is, from uniformity and standardization to flexible, variable production for niche markets."

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