In the late 1970’s, ‘Post-Fordism or flexible specialization, which implies the use of new technologies to produce smaller batch, ‘customized’ products.’(Keith Grint, 1998) The key feature for Post- Fordism is flexibility, the flexible worker, production method and demands of the modern consumer.
Post-Fordism has some features as following: Re-integration of conception and execution of work tasks, high trust given by management to employees and workers are involved in decisions and committed to the firm, information sharing, employment stability, strong trade union. Products are diverse and aimed at niche markets, not mass. Workers contribute to production according skills. Products are in quality circles, not quantity.
One of the most important concepts to be advanced in relation to post-Fordism is the idea of core and periphery where workers who are essential are the core and others are peripheral. Core workers have high wages, good conditions of employment, pension rights, fringe benefits, holidays with pay.
在20世纪70年代末，后后福特主义或灵活的专业化，这意味着采用新技术以生产小批量，’定制’的产品。“（基思·格林特，1998）的关键功能后福特主义的灵活性，的灵活工人，生产方法和现代消费者的需求。
后福特主义的一些功能如下：重新融入社会的概念和执行的工作任务，管理层给予的高度信任的雇员和工人参与决策的坚定承诺，信息共享，就业稳定，强大的工会。产品是多种多样的，针对利基市场，而不是质量。工人生产技能。产品在质量圈，而不是数量。
提前就后福特主义的其中一个最重要的概念是工人谁是必不可少的核心，以及其他的是外围的核心和边缘的想法。核心工人工资，高就业的良好条件，退休金权利，福利，有薪假期。
