... to what is happening in the 21st century, with the advances that have been made in technology, new and innovative ways of producing and buying are coming about, this is relates to Post-Fordism as the introduction of information technologies transferred employment from the manufacturing industries towards the service sector and as a result, assembly-line workers are replaced by specialists. With the introduction of 'Just in time' manufacturing in the early '70s, the old Fordist 'just in case' manufacturing system where parts and spare components were stored, became outdated. The rule of JIT is to reduce inventory at every phase of the manufacturing process as excess stock represents unrealised profits, the JIT rule required that parts get there "just in time" to be used in the production process. The post-Fordist period also saw the appearance of improved pay for trained staff. As machines and automated robots gradually took over the positions ...

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