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interchangeable partsIdentical components that can substitute one for another, particularly important in manufacturing. Mass production, which transformed the organization of work, came about by the development of the machine-tool industry by a series of 19th-century innovators. With precision equipment, large numbers of identical parts could be produced at low cost and with a small workforce. See also American System of manufacture; armoury practice; automobile industry; factory; Henry Ford; Henry Leland. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``We have some interchangeable parts,'' Little said. The tools accept interchangeable parts for quick, inexpensive modification to mold different manifold models. Systems thinking deconstructs the notion of the organization as a machine made up of interchangeable parts. |
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