Talk:Mass production/Archives/2016

Pre-industrial Mass Production?

I initially had a hard time thinking of examples of pre-industrial mass production dating back "centuries". Then I thought of making coins or bricks. But then I realized those are both just shaped homogeneous materials -- they have no moving or separable parts. Worse, Random House says chickens are mass-produced -- nixing the criteria that the products must be indistinguishable/interchangeable. I concluded that "examples" and "beginnings" can't be reasonably declared without a clearer definition of "mass production". LoneStarNot (talk) 04:29, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

You are correct in questioning ancient production methods as mass production. I made corrections.