Sentences with phrase «when factory managers»

Later, when factory managers first replaced their large steam engines with large electric motors, the new electric motors were less noisy and didn't produce smoke, but they had little impact on productivity.

For example, as Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee explain in their book, The Second Machine Age, when factory managers first replaced the steam engines used to power manufacturing equipment with electric motors, the new technology had little impact on productivity.

Productivity gains came decades later when factory managers took advantage of electric motors to change the layouts of their factories.

Not exact matches

The Administrative Manager of the factory explained that three workers were in the process of cleaning an empty oil tanker when the explosion occurred.

«On the other hand, you also have citizen activism such that when Beijing said we are going to shut down the factories in advance of the Olympics, factory managers are coming back and saying no.»