A Century Of Nylon Innovation (1930-2030)

Time scale	1935	40             50	60         70	80         90	2000          10	20          30
PARADIGM	ENTREPRENEURIAL		MASS PRODUCTION		LEAN PRODUCTION
Mandate	Invent	Develop	Scale	Refine	Integrate	Reconfigure
Locus	Mind	Laboratory	Semi-works	Factory	Field	Market
Key skill	Creativity	Science	Engineering	Technology	Applications	Usage
Knowledge	Outliers	Poly-chem	ChE/ME	EE/CS	IndE	Psychology
Source	Inventors	Academe	Profession	Producers	Assemblers	Retailers
Structure	Individual	Entrepreneurial	Expeditious	Centralized	Distributed	Networked
Progress	Breakthroughs	Continual	Monumental	Incremental	Game-change	Step-change
Benefitter	Participants	Product	Process	Business	Industry	Consumer
Key attribute	Substitutability	Produceability	Uniformity	Quality	Responsiveness	Delight
Key measure	Morale	Potential	Volume/Yield	Cost	Margin/scope	Programmability
Time scale	1935	40             50	60         70	80         90	2000          10	20          30

 

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