Editing Mass production (section)

===Buildings===
The process of prefabrication, wherein parts are created separately from the finished product, is at the core of all mass-produced construction. Early examples include movable structures reportedly utilized by [[Akbar the Great]],<ref>Irfan Habib (1992), "Akbar and Technology", ''Social Scientist'' '''20''' (9-10): 3-15 [3-4]</ref> and the [[chattel house]]s built by emancipated slaves on [[Barbados]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ali |first=Arif |title=Barbados: Just Beyond Your Imagination |publisher=[[Hansib]] |series=Hansib Caribbean |year=1996 |isbn=1-870518-54-3}}</ref> The [[Nissen hut]], first used by the British during [[World War I]], married prefabrication and mass production in a way that suited the needs of the military. The simple structures, which cost little and could be erected in just a couple of hours, were highly successful: over 100,000 Nissen huts were produced during World War I alone, and they would go on to serve in other conflicts and inspire a number of similar designs.<ref>McCosh, F. (1997). ''Nissen of the Huts: A biography of Lt Col. Peter Nissen, DSO''. Bourne End: B D Publishing. p. 82-108.</ref>

Following World War II, in the United States, [[William Levitt]] pioneered the building of standardized [[tract house]]s in 56 different locations around the country. These communities were dubbed [[Levittown]]s, and they were able to be constructed quickly and cheaply through the leveraging of [[economies of scale]], as well as the specialization of construction tasks in a process akin to an assembly line.<ref>{{cite book |last=Custer |first=Jack |title=Orange Coast Magazine: Customizing your tract home |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72AEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA160 |publisher=Emmis Communications |date=August 1988 |pages=160 |access-date=7 December 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016112830/https://books.google.com/books?id=72AEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA160#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> This era also saw the invention of the [[mobile home]], a small prefabricated house that can be transported cheaply on a truck bed.

In the modern industrialization of construction, mass production is often used for prefabrication of house components.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prefabrication and Industrialized Construction Could be the Solution to the Future of Infrastructure |url=https://interestingengineering.com/the-construction-industry-is-shifting-to-manufacturing-and-mass-production |url-status=live |website=interestingengineering.com |date=7 March 2020 |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215956/https://interestingengineering.com/the-construction-industry-is-shifting-to-manufacturing-and-mass-production |archive-date=2 June 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>