History of passion - Atul Sharma
Photo Moving assembly line at the factory in Michigan to Ford Motor Company.
In 1907, Henry Ford announced its target for the Ford Motor Company to create a car for the great multitude At that time, automobiles were expensive, customized machines.
Ford's engineers have taken the first step towards this goal by designing the Model T, a simple car, robust, offering no factory option - not even a choice of color The Model T, the first time in 1908, kept the same design to the last one - number 15000000 - out of line in 1927. From the beginning, the model T was cheaper than most other cars, but it was still not possible for the multitude Ford realized he d need a more efficient way to produce the car in order to lower the price he and his team looked at other industries and found four principles that deepen their interchangeable lenses, parts continuous flow, division of labor, and reduce waste effort.
The use of interchangeable parts meant to the individual parts of the car even when all that way valve would fit an engine, a steering wheel fit all chassis This meant improving the machines and cutting tools used to make But the pieces once the machines were adjusted, an unskilled worker could run them, replacing the skilled artisan who makes the parts in hand once to improve workflow, it must be organized so that a task was finished, another began, with minimal time spent in developed Ford was inspired by houses Chicago meat packing and conveyor grain mill, he saw If he has to work workers, they spent less time then move it divided the work by breaking assembly of the model T in 84 separate stages Chaqu E worker was trained to do just one of these Ford steps called for Frederick Taylor, the creator of scientific management, make time and motion studies to determine the exact speed at which the work should continue and the exact motions workers should use to accomplish their tasks.
Ford has put these principles into play gradually over five years developing and testing as he went along in 1913, they met in the first moving assembly line never used for making large-scale Ford product cars at a record level This meant it could lower the price and still make a good profit by selling more Ford cars had another idea rather original in its time, workers were also potential consumers in 1914, the wages of workers Ford has been raised to 5 per day - an excellent salary - and soon they gave reason for purchasing their own Ts Ford model was called a traitor to his class by other industrial and professional, but he stood firm in believe that paid workers would put up with the dull work, be loyal and buy his cars.
Ford manufacturing principles have been adopted by countless other industries Henry Ford went beyond its goal in 1907 to make cars affordable for all; he changed the habits of a nation and shaped its very character.
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