Automation
"...the use of machines, control systems and information technologies to optimize productivity in the production of goods and delivery of services." source
Early American Construction
Log Platform
Honor Bilt Modern Homes"From 1908–1940, Sears, Roebuck and Company sold more than 100,000 homes through their mail-order Modern Homes program. A few weeks after the customer selected a home and placed the order, two railway boxcars containing 30,000 pieces of house – everything from doorknobs and carved staircases to varnish and roof shingles – would arrive at the nearest train depot." source
Design Homes (sample house)