VDM Shop Management

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) was one of the intellectual leaders of the Efficiency Movement and his ideas were highly influential in the Progressive Era. His innovations in industrial engineering, particularly in time and motion studies, paid off in dramatic improvements in productivity. The so called Taylorism is often mentioned along with Fordism, because it was closely associated with mass production methods in manufacturing factories. Taylor himself named it “scientific managemant”. His work not only represented the beginning of the managerial era in industrial production but also signaled the end of the craft era in the United States. “Shop management” firmly establishes scientific management in the workshop.