Guilds system

Artisans working and living in a local area joined themselves into an association in order to protect and develop their business interests and commercial relations. Craft guilds, as they were called, were organized following the example of the merchant guilds which were associations of merchants. The merchant guilds tried to establish and enforce fair trading at customary prices, and regulate the conduct of the members. Similarly the craft guilds were associations of skilled work-men formed with the object of maintaining high standards of production an securing reputation for fair dealings.
The men of every craft had to appoint officials to inspect the products of the workshops. This ultimately led to the setting up of a complete system of industrial regulation. Gradually, crafts-men like those concerned with the manufacture of clothing, say, weavers, tailors, etc and leather workers, formed themselves into associations which came to be called craft guilds. The membership of these guilds became compulsory for it was found i possible to compel them to be responsible for the honesty and skill of those out-side it.
But this system was not appropriate so did not last long.