Although there were many piece rate systems in use, they were largely resented and manipulative.
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Frederick Winslow Taylor was one of the main champions of the piece rate system in the late 19th century.
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Taylor spread this in published papers in 1895, and the timed piece rate system gave birth to creating modern corporate organization.
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There can be improper record keeping at the hands of supervisors attempting to cheat employers, and can build piece rate systems that prevent workers from earning higher wages.
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One of the most influential tenets of Scientific Management was Taylor's popularization of the " differential piece rate system ", which relied on accurate measurements of productivity rates to create a " standard " production output target.