The factory system produced better quality cloth and around 10 times faster than the domestic system
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In the domestic system, the merchant capitalist would provide the capital and raw materials to small scale household producers to produce the manufactured product. Hence, production was done on a small scale.
In the factory system of production, large number of workers would gather in a factory owned by the capitalist. Production was, therefore, on a large scale.
Machines and the system of manufacturing: FACTORY SYSTEM
domestic system or some might have found a job in a factory e.g weaver
Yes, this is true. The factory system replaced the domestic system because it was much more efficient. Machines got too big and too expensive to keep in houses, so people moved to factories. This together meant people could earn more money in a faster way.
The putting-out system was replaced with the factory-system.
Industrial textile-making methods helped launch the Industrial Revolution, and the factory system helped it continue to grow.