post-Fordism

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post-Fordism [ˌpəʊstˈfɔːdɪzəm]

(Business / Commerce) the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, the US car manufacturer (1863-1947), towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units

post-Fordist adj

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No references found			According to many accounts, emotional and economic discourses have shaped each other throughout the 20th century--especially since post-Fordism. Late capitalist pathologies and redemptions: Emily Vey Duke and ... by Emmelhainz, Irmgard / C: International Contemporary Art That the great corporations were the driving force of the American economy was fully, realized and, in effect, accepted by John Kenneth Galbraith; and so it was by Peter Drucker, "the prophet of post-Fordism," as the title of the essay, (by Nils Gilman) calls him. America and capitalism by Brand, Horst / Monthly Labor Review A unique definition of what post-Fordism is cannot be given, as it has been subject of discussion among many scholars. How Greece and Ireland have been positioned in the world developments ... by Vasiliadis, Lavrentios / Journal of Social Sciences			post office box post office worker post road post time post town post(-)haste post- Post-abdomen post-and-rail fence post-and-rail tea post-bellum post-boost phase Post-captain post-coital post-colonial post-communist post-consumer post-cyclic post-diluvian Post-disseizin Post-disseizor post-doctoral post-fascist Post-fine post-flight inspection post-Fordism post-free post-graduate post-haste post-hole digger post-horse post-imperial post-impressionism post-impressionist post-industrial Post-It Post-it Note post-maturity post-menopause post-mortem post-mortem examination post-natal post-obit post-obit bond Post-Office box post-office box number post-op post-operative post-paid post-polio syndrome post-Reformation			Post-dural puncture headache Post-dural puncture headache Post-dural puncture headache Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift Post-Ejaculatory Urinary Misfire Post-Electrocution Syndrome Post-emo Post-Employment Benefits Commission Post-Engagement Ground Effects Model Post-Entgeltregulierungsverordnung Post-Event Processing Questionnaire Post-Exercise Arterial Occlusion Post-Exercise Muscle Ischemia Post-Exercise Muscle Soreness Post-exilic Post-exilic Post-Experiment Information System Post-exposure prophylaxis Post-Exposure Treatment Post-expressionism Post-Extrasystolic Potentiation post-fascist Post-feminism Post-Final Acceptance Trial Post-fine Post-Fledgling Family Area post-flight inspection post-Fordism post-Fordist post-Fordists post-free post-Galilean transformation Post-Georges Disaster Mitigation Post-glacial rebound Post-graduate Post-Graduate Certificate in Real Property Valuation Post-Graduate Diploma in Footwear Technology and Management Post-Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering Post-Graduate Diploma in Taxation Post-Graduate Diploma in Telecom Technology Post-graduate education Post-Graduate Entrance Examination Post-Graduate Institute Post-Graduate Medical School Post-Graduate Program in Business Management Post-Graduate Program in Rural Management Post-Graduate Programme for Executives Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management Post-Graduate Programme in Banking and Finance Post-Graduate Research Assistant Post-Graduate Students Association Post-Graduate Students' Society

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