The factory model of education, still in place today, was designed for
producing assembly line workers to do assigned tasks correctly.
Supposedly Ford's policies in the automobile industry were
producing great profits for
workers, but Niebuhr observed that these policies were reducing
workers to mere cogs in an impersonal
assembly line while
producing great profits for Ford himself.
Production
Line Worker — Edmunds Manufacturing, St. Louis, MO — 9/2013 — Present • Utilize extensive knowledge of assembly line components as well as product parts and features to assist in a variety of production tasks on a daily basis • Exceed yearly company production targets by 30 percent with the recommendation and implementation of an updated operations system and new equipment • Execute troubleshooting, analysis, and repairs of machinery and products as necessary • Maintain a detailed log of daily operations performance and total number of products produced during every shift • Recommend and introduce innovative safety protocols and procedures to reduce accidents and injuries by 25 percent each year • Interpret blueprints and perform thorough inspections of finalized products for quality control and specification adher
Line Worker — Edmunds Manufacturing, St. Louis, MO — 9/2013 — Present • Utilize extensive knowledge of
assembly line components as well as product parts and features to assist in a variety of production tasks on a daily basis • Exceed yearly company production targets by 30 percent with the recommendation and implementation of an updated operations system and new equipment • Execute troubleshooting, analysis, and repairs of machinery and products as necessary • Maintain a detailed log of daily operations performance and total number of products produced during every shift • Recommend and introduce innovative safety protocols and procedures to reduce accidents and injuries by 25 percent each year • Interpret blueprints and perform thorough inspections of finalized products for quality control and specification adher
line components as well as product parts and features to assist in a variety of production tasks on a daily basis • Exceed yearly company production targets by 30 percent with the recommendation and implementation of an updated operations system and new equipment • Execute troubleshooting, analysis, and repairs of machinery and products as necessary • Maintain a detailed log of daily operations performance and total number of products
produced during every shift • Recommend and introduce innovative safety protocols and procedures to reduce accidents and injuries by 25 percent each year • Interpret blueprints and perform thorough inspections of finalized products for quality control and specification adherence