It allows the rapid building of a standardized product and the easy repair of that product with identical manufactured parts.
Explanation:
Interchangeability is a property of parts in which each part can enter into the mating without any additional processing or fitting, provided that the quality of the mating during operation will satisfy the specified standards.
Whitney decided to develop the ideas of the French industrialist Honore Blanc, who was the first to successfully use production based on interchangeable parts involving a large number of workers. The American inventor decided to do the same, but further automate the process. Two hundred years later, standardization is the most important attribute of a business, and quality management plays a big role for standardization itself.
The invention of the printing press was a blessing in disguise to the Renaissance ideas, arts and classical works. It basically led to mass productions of literary works, and the dissemination of knowledge was hence revolutionized.
