What if the moving assembly line had gone differently?

Bringing the work to the worker cuts the cost of a complex product by an order of magnitude.

If it had gone differently: Cars, appliances and machines stay hand-built and expensive; there is no mass consumer economy.

The real history on Wikipedia ↗

Later turning points that leaned on the moving assembly line. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1870The first globalisation. Without it, The world economy stays a patchwork of regions; no belle-époque boom, and no 1914 shock when it unwinds.
2. 1908The Ford Model T. Without it, The car stays a rich man's toy; there is no mass motoring, no suburb, no roadside America.
3. 1956The shipping container. Without it, Ocean freight stays slow, pilfered and expensive; the globalised supply chain of the late century never becomes viable.