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Title: Good Read for Students of Manufacturing
Review: I started my career as a manufacturing engineer and had often heard of Fred Taylor. Kanigel does a better job than most historians of making manufacturing history interesting. For me, there may have been a little more emphasis on Taylor's early life than I would normally be interested in, but Kanigel does an excellent job of defining Taylor. I had known that Taylor was famous for his time study techniques, what I didn't know was that he may have been partially or indirectly responsible for the advent and/or need for the human resources profession as well. He also had some involvement in cost accounting as it relates to calculating overhead rates for which I will be eternally disappointed in him for. He may have also been partially responsible for establishing the profession of manufacturing consultant as well. I am still enjoying the book and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the history of manufacturing.
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