TA: Mark Lemming
Joe Richard
Tutorial 5
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The Emulation of the Assembly Line
The application of Henry Ford’s assembly line has greatly affected the world of
business, manufacturing and consumer output; it has greatly lowered production costs and
vastly increased product efficiency output. Henry Ford’s success with the assembly line has
been emulated by other industries. Although originally designed for the manufacturing and
construction of cars, the assembly line has been implemented in very different industries
such as hospitals, restaurants and agriculture. This implementation revolutionized the way
company ran: there was faster product output, there was no need for skilled craftsmen
anymore, there was a much more efficient use of space and the mass production of objects
caused products to be sold at a much lower cost.
Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, Greenfield Township, Wayne County, Michigan.
Contrarily to general belief, Henry Ford did not invent the car or the assembly line; he
merely implemented them to a large scale, which allowed him to bring mass production to a
new level. Ford was also very focused on the well being of his workers along with the
financial advantages. Henry Ford believed that his model would have the following
advantages for workers: it provided employment for immigrants, workers would not have to
do any heavy lifting, there was no special training that was essential which made almost
anyone capable to do any of the tasks required (Wikipedia Foundation, 2014). The assembly
line gave more job opportunities to the general public since the tasks were very simple and
quick. Previous to the assembly line, a skilled craftsman would construct an ...
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... to improve time; all cutlery and
plates that were served to customers were replaced by using paper bags, napkins and simple
packaging that could be thrown after its use. This drastically eliminated the time and water
required to wash the customers’ dishes.
Henry Ford’s assembly line was designed to affect the manufacturing industry to
improve efficiency, lower expenses for a company and create consistent good quality
products; however other industries have adopted this technology and implemented it in
different sectors such as hospitals, restaurants and agriculture. The application of the
assembly line transformed the way a company operates. This technology allowed them to
produce their products or services much quicker and efficiently, it allowed them to use space
much more proficiently and ultimately dramatically lowered the cost of products.
Henry Ford, born in 1863, was the inventor of the industrial assembly line (4 - 2). He born to two farmers in rural Michigan, but even as a child he aspired for more (9 - 3). He began apprenticing at many different mechanical companies before settling at the company of the famed inventor Thomas Edison as an apprentice (4 - 2). Edison's business the Edison Electric Light Company was initially financed by John Pierpont Morgan, a "robber baron" (2 - 6)(3 - 1). The "robber barons" were men who had made a fortune during the mid to late twentieth century and were able to fund other's projects and help American capitalism progress (3 - 1). With the money given to him by John Morgan, Thomas Edison was able to finance Henry Ford's fascination
...transform rural areas into urban ones; and that is exactly what he did. He did vast transformations and now had another large accomplishment to be known for.
Reducing unit costs and increasing the volume of units. By changing the airplane fleet to have bigger planes they increased the volume of seats by 70%.
It ultimately set up how we would produce products in the future. He was just a smart business man that became very wealthy by using his head and thinking of a better solution. Cars used to be a luxury item before Henry Ford made them affordable.
Henry Ford wanted to build a high-quality automobile that would be affordable to everyday people. He believed the way to do this was to manufacture one model in huge quantities. Henry Ford searched the world for the best materials he could find at the cheapest cost. During a car race in Florida , Ford examined the wreckage of a French car and noticed that many of its parts were made of a metal that was lighter but stronger than what was being used in American cars. No one in the U.S. knew how to make this French steel a vanadium alloy. As part of the preproduction process for the Model T, Ford imported an expert who helped him build a steel mill. As a result, the only cars in the world to utilize vanadium steel in the next five years would be French luxury cars and the Model T. Ford realizes he needs another efficient way to produce the cars in lower prices. Ford saw what he was missing was 4 principles that would help with the Model T which was interchangeable parts, continuous flow, division of labor, and reducing wasted
He produced an affordable car, paid high wages and helped create a middle class. Not bad for an autocrat.
In an era where industrialization was king,
Prior to January 4, 1914, the name Ford meant nothing. The Ford Motor Company paid its employees $2.34 for a nine-hour shift, and in 1912 the company made a profit of $13.5 million dollars (Raff 181). Raff continues in his article, “Looking back at the Five-Dollar Day,” that the Ford Motor Company had an employee turnover rate of 370%: “50,448 workers had to be hired during the course of 1913 to maintain an average labor force of 13,623” (181). These
Production and storage of grains allowed peop... ... middle of paper ... ... revolution are felt even today as most of civilization is concerned with innovation, commerce and politics and can leave matters of basic sustenance to the select part of society that ensures it is always available for our consumption.
John Ford John Ford was an American motion picture director. Winner of four Academy Awards, and is known as one of America’s great film directors. He began his career in the film industry around 1913. According to Ellis, Ford’s style is evident in both the themes he is drawn toward and the visual treatment of those themes, in his direction of the camera and in what’s in front of it. Although he began his career in the silent film area and continued to work fruitfully for decades after the thirties, Ford reached creative maturity in the thirties.
during this time brought about huge gains in productivity. Wether it was the power loom, steam
When Henry Ford was born on June 30th, 1863, neither him nor anyone for that matter, knew what an important role he would take in the future of mankind. Ford saw his first car when he was 12. He and his father where riding into Detroit at the time. At that moment, he knew what he wanted to do with his life: he wanted to make a difference in the automobile industry. Through out his life, he achieved this in an extraordinary way. That is why he will always be remembered in everyone’s heart. Whenever you drive down the road in your car, you can thank all of it to Henry Ford. Through his life he accomplished extraordinary achievements such as going from a poor farm boy to a wealthy inventor who helped Thomas Edison. When he was a young man, he figured out how to use simple inventions, such as the light bulb. He then taught himself the design of a steamboat engine. His goal was to build a horse-less carriage. He had come up with several designs and in 1896, he produced his first car, the Model A. When Ford’s first car came out, he had been interviewed by a reporter and when asked about the history of the car, he had said “History is more or less bunk.” Ford worked in Thomas Edison’s factory for years and the left to become an apprentice for a car-producer in Detroit. While working there, he established how he was going to make the car.
Henry Ford was one of the most important and influential inventors and businessmen in the short history of America. He revolutionized the business world and he changed forever the efficiency of factories around the world. One of the reasons that Henry Ford can be considered such an important man is that his ideas and concepts are still used today. Boron on July 30, in the year of 1863, Henry Ford was the oldest child of the family. His parents, William and Mary Ford, were “prosperous farmers” in his hometown of Dearborn. While they we’re well off for farmers, Ford certainly wasn’t spoiled and fed from silver spoons. Ford was just like any other typical young boy during the rural nineteenth century. From early on there we’re signs that Henry was going to be something more than a farmer. He looked with interest upon the machinery that his father and himself used for their farming, and looked with disdain at the rigorous chores of a farmer. In the year 1879, Henry being a meager 16 years old, he moved to the city of Detroit where he would work as an apprentice machinist. Henry would remain in Detroit working and learning about all varieties of machines. Although he occasionally came back to visit Dearborn, he mostly stayed in Detroit, picking up more and more valuable knowledge. This apprenticeship allowed him to work in the factories of Detroit and learn what a hard working blue-collar job was like. When he did return to Dearborn he was always tearing apart and rebuilding his fathers machines, along with the dreaded farm chores. Henry Ford was a hard worker and that was proven by him getting fired from one of his jobs in Detroit because the older employees we’re mad at him because he was finishing his repairs in a half hour rather than the usual five hours. Clara Bryant would represent the next step in now twenty-five year old Henry Ford’s life. The two lovers we’re married in 1888 and would endure good times as well as bad. In order to support his new wife Henry was forced to work the land as he ran a sawmill that was given to him by his father. His father actually attempted to bribe Henry to stay in the farming business as he gave him the land only under the condition that he would continue on as a farmer.
labourers and farmers than they had at their disposal. This was because of the development of
...uch of the hard labor that was required in the fields. Farmers also discovered that they could cultivate turnips and legumes to help preserve the soil for future growing seasons. The development of the railroads and steamships allowed for great amount of crops to be shipped throughout the nation and overseas. These developments helped increase profits and turn England’s economy into one that was capitalistic in nature.