Answer to Question #227229 in Management for kiki

Question

Discuss, with local examples, the contributions of Eli Whitney to Operations Management

Answer 1

 The contributions of Eli Whitney to Operations Management is the establishment of interchangeable parts, commercialized in America when Eli Whitney used them to amass muskets in the first years of the 19th century, allowed relatively amateurish workforces to yield hefty numbers of weapons swiftly and at subordinate cost, and made repair and replacement of parts substantially easier.