fordize

\\-ˌdīz\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Henry Ford + English -ize

1. : to standardize in the interests of efficiency and mass production

fordize a plant

fordize the cotton industry

2.

a. : to organize and control (people or their work) as if on an assembly line

the medical profession cannot be fordized until human beings become robots — E.H.Cary

an attempt to fordize high-school education — H.R.Linville

b. : to deprive of individuality

can we fordize our minds as well as our motors — Glenn Frank