- Gutenberg press
- steam powered rotary press
- telegraph
- telephone
- digital
- singularity 1.0
Historians miss the steam powered rotary press. That is what standardized industrial process and made supply chains jump in efficiency. The telegraph was a complement to the rails and allowed advanced warning for inventory flows, another jump in efficiency.
The whole sequence, it was all about reducing volatility in inventory flow, a move to just in time production.
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