Left: A crowd of workers at the Highland Parks Factory, birthplace of the Assembly Line Source: dailymail.co.uk Right: Henry Ford posing with an 1921 Model T. Source: makered.org
King of "Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king." Detroit -Henry Ford 1929 (thehenryford.org Henry Ford Quotations)
In 1908 Ford Motors created the first evreyday consumer car with the Model T."The Model T blazed the way for the motor industry "Any customer can have a car painted in any color that he wants so long as it's black." |
"Mass production is craftsmanship with the |
Ford created the modern moving assembly line cutting production time to an eighth of the original time."The principles of assembly are these: |
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Henry Ford introduces the 5$ workday on 1914 revolutionizing business forever."See what a 25-cent raise will do to us," said Mr. Ford. So they figured the daily & monthly cost of a 25-cent increase. "Put on another quarter & see what that will cost," he said. And so they went on,25 cents a step...Finally the wage of $2.34 stood at $4.75--more than 100 percent increase. One of the associates--a good financial head--remarked rather sarcastically that if they were going to be fools, why not be first-class fools & make it $5..."All right," said Mr. Ford, "let's make it $5." -Ford News 1935 (thhenryford.org Henry Ford Quotations) |