The evolution of POM The first steam boat and the first train indicate a long stream of application

in which human anad animal powers were replaced by engine power. The Industrial revolution was the transformation of a society from peasant and local occupation into a society with world wide connections in terms of great use of machinery and large-scale commercial operations. This is the first step of factory system.

This system replaced the traditional production system by the concept of mass-production by bringing together large numbers of semi-skilled workers. Adam Smiths The wealth of nations (1776) pointed out the importances and advantages of the division of labor where the production process was broken down into series of small tasks and each performed by a different worker.