The Shift from Batch Production to Line Production

Manufacturing has always been an essential job throughout the world, but ever since the introduction of robots and machines into factories around the globe, these lower class jobs have been declining in numbers. But is this decline bad? This decline is especially true in the assembly line jobs in the automotive industry. This decline in manufacturing class jobs began in the 1960s when General Motors introduced Unimate and had huge success (Norman). This ignited a huge influx of robots and new technologies to automate the processes of building cars. While president, Richard Nixon spoke about how investment in technology will improve the workplace. Opposite to Nixon’s speech, in the article “A World Without Work”, robots are portrayed to

Production: We will significantly increase automation levels on our products. However, because automation sets limits upon our ability to reposition products with R&D, we will postpone automation for the High End and Size products until they arrive in the Traditional Segment. We will prefer second shift/overtime to capacity expansions.

In Andrew Braaksma 's essay “Some Lessons from the Assembly Line,” he tells his personal insights, lessons learned and experiences, while he works a temporary summer job in a factory located near his hometown during college summer break. Braaksma describes his deep appreciation for receiving his education as he attended college and seeing what his life may have been like working a blue collar job in a factory if he did not go to college. As the majority of college students, Braaksma works during the summer to pay for his college books, beer as well as to reduce his summer housing expenses. More importantly, Braaksma chooses to move home and work at the local factory while his classmates are busy working in food service or at a local retail store. Obtaining a higher education will take him far in life without the threat or possibility of having to work a blue collar job in a factory.

Could you make it in the grind of the assembly line in the blue-collar world? In reading Braaksma's "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line", the main idea is how important college education is, which is conveyed in a number of different ways. The author looks at the experience they had at assembling line job on their summer break and how awful it was. Comparing it to the easy-going lifestyle as a college student. The article’s main claim of education being an important avenue to take is an important lesson to be taken seriously because of the author’s negative view of the assembly line, positive view of being at school, and the value the author holds in education.

In the article “Some Lessons From The Assembly Line” by Andrew Braaksma (2005), the author is expressing his experiences of working in a blue-collar job during the summer while going to college, with the goal of encouraging people and students to value higher education. The author realizes that blue-collar work has its disadvantages and that higher education is important, as he states,

In reading Braaksma's "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line" there are some great takeaways from the writing. The main idea is how important college education is, which is conveyed in a number of different ways. The author looks at the experience they had at assembling line job on their summer break and how awful it was. Comparing it to the easy-going lifestyle as a college student. We will look at these points and break down to see if there is something to be learned from the author's experience.

A student named Andrew Braaksma wrote an article in a newspaper called, “Lessons from the Assembly Line”, explaining his story about his summer occupancy while being on vacation away from college. The author writes about the lessons, experiences, and knowledge he had gained from his summer job away from his college campus. Andrew Braaksma explains both roles as a student and as an employee sharing these lessons he learned about the value of an education. Andrew shows his audience the benefits of working and why valuing an education is so vital to an individual’s future. The author’s goal is to inspire young college students to value their education, explore the workforce, and appreciate how employment can benefit them by sharing his own experiences. Being employed or working while attending school is very valuable because it teaches you the concept of financial obligation, gives you a strong worth ethic, and teaches you many lessons about the real world, and how important an education is.

In the 2005 article " Some Lessons From The Assembly Line" by author Andrew Braaksma. Mr. Braaksma tells the life lessons he has gained from working in a factory and going to college, the difference between the two, and the impact his co-workers had on him. This helps the author to realize the importance of a college education. I feel Mr. Braaksma notices that some students these days do not take school seriously and hopes he could change that by telling his story. Mr. Braaksma goal is to convey the importance of getting an education.

In Some Lessons From The Assembly Line, Andrew Braaksma explains to his audience to importance of working hard. His comparisons in this article are comprised of working in a factory doing manual labor and going to college to further his education. Braaksma explains the importance of furthering your education to acquire better employment, he talks about his life before college and during college as he works in factories and the lessons he learns from working hard. Braaksma's goal to his audience is to work hard and strive to achieve excellence. It is a very well thought out message to send to the audience so they can understand the possibilities of continuing education as well as, working directly out of high school and what that can bring.

In the short essay "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line," author Andrew Braaksma explains how important it is to attend college. He writes the essay trying to inform young adults that they should continue their education after high school. Braaksma talks about his summer job working in a factory and how different the experience is. The author shares the difference between a blue-collar and white-collar job, how people don’t understand how a blue-collar be there one day and gone the next and how blue-collar jobs are manual labor with minimal pay.

In the article, "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line" Andrew Braaksma compares his summer job experience to that of his college life. He gives a first-hand account of the difficulties associated with working in a factory and how receiving an education can be the better alternative. As the article begins, it becomes clear that Braaksma is aware of what his life could be if he doesn't take his education seriously. He, unlike his peers, decided to work somewhere others would consider unacceptable and with that choice gave him more determination. The first complaint he has is from work conditions and schedule.

In "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line", the author Andrew Braaksma, is identifying an alternative to higher education.  His work at the factory teaches him that people grossly underestimate the value of their time and education. While doing this he is not dismissing the value that the assembly/production line and factory adds to the world but instead acknowledging the privilege of engaging in and getting the most out of a higher education. In "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line", the author is acknowledging and I agree, there are different paths for everyone.

"Some Lessons from the Assembly Line" by Andrew Braaksma is an article trying to encourage continued education rather than a lifetime on the assembly line. Braaksma paints a picture of harsh life behind clunky metal machine in his summers away from school. All the while pointing out his other classmates don't understand the hard life so many have in the manufacturing. In A. Braaksma’s article, his claims of an easier life through continued education is a better option than many long, hard, and unstable years on an assembly line because during summer months his rough working conditions compared to a few years in a classroom, he also brings the leisured student life to not understanding a strenuous blue-collar career, and How a job on an assembly

In this story "Some Lessons From the Assembly Line" by Andrew Braaksma (2005), Braaksma addresses how different the life is from a college student to a blue collar worker. A few of the ways he does this is by addressing the drastic life change it is from the easy college life to the harsh work life in a factory. Consequently how brutal those hours are on your body for very little pay. Lastly how shattering life can slip out from under you with nothing to fall back on without an education. The authors claim is to convince his class mates to stay in school. Consequently he reinforces that with how hard he has to work while not in school. Furthermore he states how everyone is so not happy to come back to school but he is happy to be back. Subsequently

They also include certain changes in its financial position which could be due to different factors such as financial performance or raising debt.