On this day 110 years ago, on March 21, 1915 (February 6, 1915 lunar calendar), Taylor, the father of modern American business management, died. Taylor On March 21, 1915, Frederick Winslow Taylor, an American inventor, industrial engineer, and founder of the "Taylor system" management method, died. Taylor was born on March 20, 1856 in Germanton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Phillips Exeter College in 1874 and worked at the Midway Steel Company in Philadelphia from 1874 to 1890. He successively served as foreman, deputy foreman, machine shop foreman, drawing director, and chief engineer. During this time, he used his spare time to learn and obtained the title of engineer. In order to improve plant management, a series of mechanical engineering experiments were carried out to develop a standard system of "time and action" to ensure maximum efficiency. Known as the "Taylor system". This management method was later adopted by other industrial countries around the world. In 1906, he served as the president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1911, he helped found the "Association for the Advancement of Industrial Management Science". Taylor patented more than 100 inventions in his lifetime. He also wrote "Shop Management" and "Principles of Scientific Management".