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'''Mass production''' is the production of large amounts of standardised products on [[assembly line|production lines]].  It was popularised by [[Henry Ford]] in the early 20th Century, notably in his [[Ford Model T]].

==Pre Industrial Revolution==
While Ford was first to introduce mass production to the [[Industrial Revolution|industrial age]], the idea was first developed in [[Venice]] several hundred years ealier, where ships were mass-produced using [[American System|pre-manufactured parts]], and [[assembly line]]s.  

The Venice Arsenal apparently produced nearly one ship every day, in what was effectively the world's first [[factory]] that, at its height, employed 16,000 people.

==See also==
*[[Manufacturing]]

====References====
* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "Mass production" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_production December 29, 2003