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For instance, Henry Ford introduced the assembly line into the car manufacturing industry in 1913.<sup>[1](http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling)</sup>
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The whole assembly process of the Tin Lizzy was separated into 84 discrete steps (filter), which were executed simultaneously.
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Every car passed one step after another in a certain sequence (pipe connections).
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Every car passed one step after another in a certain sequence (pipe connections).
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Each step was performed by specialized worker which did not need to wait for other processes to finish.
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Therefore, the capacities were fully utilized and idle times were reduced to a minimum.
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With this approach, Henry Ford was able to increase the throughput significantly and satisfy the demand on cars.
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So, why not use this approach for high-throughput software scenarios?
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