Keyword: standardization
Fast Labor (9/2/2005)
Extreme division of labor into simple repetitive tasks allows the fast-food industry to increase throughput while lowering labor cost by tapping unskilled teenage and marginal workers.
Keywords: Adam Smith, division of labor, efficiency, fast food, interchangeable worker, labor, labor market, labor-saving, pin factory, standardization, teenage
The Rise of Chicken (9/7/2005)
By vertically integrating the chicken business and applying quality control and standardization to all the steps from production to marketing, Tyson Foods has brought better and cheaper chicken to consumers, higher wages to workers and fatter returns to shareholders in a once low-profit commodity business.
Keywords: brands, chicken, mechanization, profit margin, standardization, technology, Tyson Foods, vertical integration, wages