The labor practices of the fast food industry
have their origins in the assembly line
systems adopted by American manufacturers
in the early twentieth century. Business
historian Alfred D. Chandler has argued that
a high rate of throughput" was the most
important aspect of these mass production
systems. A factory's throughput is the speed
and volume of its flow – a much more crucial
measurement, according to Chandler, than
the number of workers it employs or the
value of its machinery. With innovative
Identify the claim made in this passage.
Technology increases throughput."
The fast-food industry is based on the mass
production idea of "throughput."
The fast-food industry's labor practices are
innovative and organized.