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15 de may. de 2024 · Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. These technological changes introduced novel ways of working and living and fundamentally transformed society.
17 de may. de 2024 · Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790. FPG / Getty Images. Benjamin Franklin was known for being an iconic statesman and a Founding Father. But among his many other accomplishments was the invention of the lightning rod, the iron furnace stove or Franklin Stove, bifocal glasses, and the odometer. 08.
14 de may. de 2024 · In this episode of the WLEI podcast, Jim Womack and John Krafcik share the origin story of the term “lean.” Jim led the MIT global benchmarking study of the automotive industry, which led to the seminal book The Machine That Changed the World, and John was one of the principal researchers.
2 de may. de 2024 · Based on MIT's pioneering global study of industrial competition, The Machine that Changed the World offers a groundbreaking analysis of the entire lean business system, including product development, supplier management, sales, service, and production - an analysis even more relevant today as GM and Ford struggle to survive and a ...
7 de may. de 2024 · #1 Steam Engine. A marvel of innovation, James Watt’s steam engine harnessed steam power to run machines, kickstarting the Industrial Revolution. This powerful invention impacted everything, from...
9 de may. de 2024 · Cyrus McCormick, American industrialist and inventor who is generally credited with the development of the mechanical reaper. His invention embodied the principles essential to all subsequent grain-cutting machines and was useful in reducing the labor costs associated with grain harvesting.
27 de abr. de 2024 · Enigma, device used by the German military to encode strategic messages before and during World War II. The Enigma code was first broken by the Poles in the early 1930s. In 1939 the Poles turned their information over to the British, who set up the code-breaking group Ultra, under mathematician Alan M. Turing.
