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what are the advantages as well as disadvantages of puttin out system???

The putting-out system was a means of subcontracting work. It was also known as the workshop system and the domestic system. In putting-out, work was contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who completed the work in their own facilities, usually their own homes.

It was used in the English and American textile industry, in shoe making, in small farms and lock-making trades from the industrial revolution until the mid 19th century; however, after the invention of the sewing machine in 1846, the system lingered on in making ready made men's clothing.[1]

The domestic system was suited to pre-urban times because people did not have to travel from home to work. Early factories sometimes had to build dormitories to house workers, especially girls and women. Putting-out workers had some flexibility to balance farm and household chores with the putting-out work, this being especially important in winter.

Historian David A. Hounshell writes:

In 1854, the British obtained their military small arms through a system of contracting with private manufacturers located principally in the Birmingham and London areas ... Although significant variation occurred, almost all of the contractors manufactured parts or fitted them through a highly decentralized, putting-out process using small workshops and highly skilled labor. In small arms making as in lock production, the "workshop system" rather than the "factory system" was the rule.[2]

All of the processes were carried out under different cottage roofs. It was replaced by inside contracting and the factory system.

The domestic system was a popular system of cloth production in Europe. It was also used in various other industries, including the manufacture of wrought iron ironware such as pins, pots, and pans for ironmongers.

It existed as early as the 15th century but was most prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries. It served as a way for entrepreneurs to bypass the guild system, which was thought to be cumbersome and inflexible. Workers would work from home, manufacturing individual articles from raw materials, then bring them to a central place of business, such as a marketplace or a larger town, to be assembled and sold. The raw materials were often provided by the merchant, who received the finished product, hence the synonymous term putting-out system. The advantages of this system were that workers involved could work at their own speed while at home, and children working in the system were better treated than they would have been in the factory system, although the homes were polluted by the toxins from the raw materials. As the woman of a family usually worked at home, someone was often there to look after any children. The domestic system is often cited as one of the causes of the rise of the nuclear family in Europe as the large amount of profits gained by common people made them less dependent on their extended family. These considerable sums of money also led to a much wealthier peasantry with more furniture, higher quality food, and better clothing than they had had before. It was mostly centralized in Western Europe and did not take a strong hold in Eastern Europe.

Of course, the acquisition of profit largely depended on which part of the putting-out system one was associated with. If one was a worker in the London textiles industry, for example, the cost of hiring sewing equipment and purchasing thread often precluded the worker from eating on a regular basis. Likewise the fourteen hour days lead to many untimely deaths.[citation needed]

The development of this trend is often considered to be a form of proto-industrialization and remained prominent until the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century.

At that point, it underwent name and geographical changes. However, bar some technological advancements, the putting-out system has not changed in essential practice. Contemporary examples can be found in China, India and South America, and are not limited to the textiles industry.

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The putting-out system was the production of goods in private homes under the supervision of a merchant who "put out" the raw materials, paid a certain sum per finished piece, and sold the completed item to a distant market.


 

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the advantages of the putting out system is the Weavers do not have to spend their money on purchase of yarn also the problem of selling the finished cloth is taken care of .The Weavers know from the outset what cloth theyshould make and how much it is to be woven. And disadvantages are Weavers invest all the savings or borrow money at high interest rate to buy looms. It looms cost rupees 20000 so if we were with two rooms has to invest rupees 40000 the work on the slums cannot be done a lot the Weavers and and another adult members of his family work upon the rooms up to 12 hours a day to produce cloth for all this work their own about 3500 per month and remote change pay a very low price for making the clothes to the Weavers full stop the Weavers have no way of knowing who they are making the cloth or what price it will be sold. Cloth Market sell clothes to the garment factories in this Veda market works more in favour of the merchants
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The putting-out system was a means of subcontracting work. It was also known as the workshop system and the domestic system. In putting-out, work was contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who completed the work in their own facilities, usually their own homes.

It was used in the English and American textile industry, in shoe making, in small farms and lock-making trades from the industrial revolution until the mid 19th century; however, after the invention of the sewing machine in 1846, the system lingered on in making ready made men's clothing.[1]

The domestic system was suited to pre-urban times because people did not have to travel from home to work. Early factories sometimes had to build dormitories to house workers, especially girls and women. Putting-out workers had some flexibility to balance farm and household chores with the putting-out work, this being especially important in winter.

Historian David A. Hounshell writes:

In 1854, the British obtained their military small arms through a system of contracting with private manufacturers located principally in the Birmingham and London areas ... Although significant variation occurred, almost all of the contractors manufactured parts or fitted them through a highly decentralized, putting-out process using small workshops and highly skilled labor. In small arms making as in lock production, the "workshop system" rather than the "factory system" was the rule.[2]

All of the processes were carried out under different cottage roofs. It was replaced by inside contracting and the factory system.

The domestic system was a popular system of cloth production in Europe. It was also used in various other industries, including the manufacture of wrought iron ironware such as pins, pots, and pans for ironmongers.

It existed as early as the 15th century but was most prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries. It served as a way for entrepreneurs to bypass the guild system, which was thought to be cumbersome and inflexible. Workers would work from home, manufacturing individual articles from raw materials, then bring them to a central place of business, such as a marketplace or a larger town, to be assembled and sold. The raw materials were often provided by the merchant, who received the finished product, hence the synonymous term putting-out system. The advantages of this system were that workers involved could work at their own speed while at home, and children working in the system were better treated than they would have been in the factory system, although the homes were polluted by the toxins from the raw materials. As the woman of a family usually worked at home, someone was often there to look after any children. The domestic system is often cited as one of the causes of the rise of the nuclear family in Europe as the large amount of profits gained by common people made them less dependent on their extended family. These considerable sums of money also led to a much wealthier peasantry with more furniture, higher quality food, and better clothing than they had had before. It was mostly centralized in Western Europe and did not take a strong hold in Eastern Europe.

Of course, the acquisition of profit largely depended on which

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