Ford Installs the First Assembly Line
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| Audience/Grade: | 8th Grade - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Industrial Engineering Manufacturing Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - General |
| Media Type: | Document |
| Author(s): | Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) |
| Description: | "Ford put these principles into play gradually over five years, fine-tuning and testing as he went along. In 1913, they came together in the first moving assembly line ever used for large-scale manufacturing. Ford produced cars at a record-breaking rate. That meant he could lower the price and still make a good profit by selling more cars. Ford had another notion, rather original in its time: the workers were also potential consumers! In 1914, Ford workers' wages were raised to $5 a day -- an excellent wage -- and they soon proved him right by buying their own Model Ts. Ford was called "a traitor to his class" by other industrialists and professionals, but he held firm in believing that well-paid workers would put up with dull work, be loyal, and buy his cars." |
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| Use of Resource: | A brief history of how Ford revolutionized the world with his modern assembly line. |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | November 2007 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt13as.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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