Conrad Bradshaw

English

18 July, 22:50

The labor practices of the fast food industry

have their origins in the assembly line

systems adopted by American manufacturers

in the early twentieth century. Business

historian Alfred D. Chandler has argued that

a high rate of throughput" was the most

important aspect of these mass production

systems. A factory's throughput is the speed

and volume of its flow - a much more crucial

measurement, according to Chandler, than

the number of workers it employs or the

value of its machinery. With innovative

Identify the claim made in this passage.

Technology increases throughput."

The fast-food industry is based on the mass

production idea of "throughput."

The fast-food industry's labor practices are

innovative and organized.