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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The Evolution of Manufacturing -- OK, it's really just an online special advertising section touting PeopleSoft and John Costanza's Demand Flow Technology they acquired in 2003, but the selection of articles from the NY Times' archives, starting with System The Secret of Ford's Success Building in Large Quantities Reduces Original Cost, Which is Prohibitive, By Henry Ford (Jan. 3, 1909 -- Simplicity of Design Makes Further Reduction Possible, While Economies in Marketing Aid as Well.) to one on computer-aided manufacturing when I was a junior in high school...Computers: New Values For Society, By Melvin Kranzberg (Jan. 9, 1967 -- The advent of the computer is producing subtle changes throughout the entire fabric of society) to one on the "new economy" of a few years ago are well worth a perusal.
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