The Work Of Henry Ford

     When you think about Ford, an automobile will usually come to mind. Most people don’t think about the man behind that name, Henry Ford. Henry Ford was the man responsible for the Ford Motor Company (FMC). He was also the creator of the invention that changed the mass production industry, the assembly line. As you read on you will learn about Henry Ford’s life, the FMC, and the assembly line.

“Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.” (Henry Ford). Henry Ford is one of the world’s most renowned leaders for the automobile industry. The son of a farmer, Ford has always been interested in how things worked. He has improved the models of his cars to make manufacturing them faster and more efficient by using assembly lines. He also set a balance between his employees’ wages and hours worked. Ford never stopped innovating and it is shown in his later Models of his car. Ford set standards for future motor companies and set standards for modern day manufacturing.

In the 1913’s Henry Ford invented the assembly line that was the turning point in the United States and the automobile industry. The purpose of the assembly line was to make production faster and cheaper. The assembly line was so successful that it had a tremendous effect on automobile industry because it helped save time and money. For instance before

“With one workman doing a complete job he could turn out from thirty-five to forty pieces in a nine-hour day, or about twenty minutes to an assembly. What he did alone was then spread into twenty-nine operations; that cut down the assembly time to thirteen minutes” (Ford, 45). Ford had nearly cut the production time of one Ford Model T in half, allowing for more automobiles to be produced in a day. The Ford Motor Company was able to produce 150 Ford Model Ts every day and eventually reached nearly 10,000 Model Ts a day by 1925 (Sandler, 21). Each worker would contribute his skill at assembling a single part of the Model T, and once he completed his task he would pass the Model T on to the next worker in line along the assembly line, similar to the meat production factory in which Ford envisioned his idea. His idea soon caught on and became an idealistic way to mass produce products in America which soon caught on to other industries and continued to inspire the ways Americans would produce goods even to this day.

The use of assembly line in automotive industry has improved the production of vehicles, while lowering the cost. Before the invention of assembly line, cars had to be crafted one at a time by skilled workers, which was very costly and time consuming. During this time, the demand for cars was very high. However, it was very expensive that only the rich could afford it. The production of cars increased dramatically with the installation of assembly line while the cost was reduced. The first assembly line

Though the assembly line started over a hundred years ago, it is still revolutionary today. It has majorly impacted the industrial world so greatly that businesses that did not gain the practice soon became extinct, and it was also one key factor that assisted creating the automobile into American society. Henry Ford’s assembly line system was one of the most powerful changes that has affected modern America and is still recognized today. Not only did he achieve developing the middle class so anyone could afford his product, but he also broke the ideas of monopolies.

The great depression was one of the economic worst history in the U.S, and it started in 1929 through 1939. On October 29,1929 the stock market crashed marking the beginning of the great depression. The decline in spending led factories and other businesses to slow down manufacture and to begin firing their employees. Unemployment was the biggest issue in the great depression. However, the documentary gave information about the effect the great depression had in factories/industrialization and people.

What made the United States the great and successful nation that it has grown to be? Well there are multiple events, innovations, and ideas that were contributing factors to the growth of this country. Making it out on top of World War One, World War Two, and beating the great depression definitely made the nation stronger in the long run, or as the famous quote would put it; what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But those events aren’t what this paper is about, the genius inventions and ideas from great Americans such as Henry Ford are what really allowed the country to become what it has. At the start of the 20th century Henry Ford sought after a way to quickly and affordably assemble a motor vehicle that would be viable and feasible to the working middle-class of America. By constructing and designing the Ford Model-T, he was able to change the way American’s commute from 1908 to present day. The production of the affordable Model-T changed the face of American travel evermore.

“I don’t know anything about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. The only history that is worth while is the history we make day by day” (Heitmann 32). Acting day by day but planning a day or so in advance is just how Henry Ford became one of the most successful men in America's automobile history. He never quit and learned from his mistakes to pursue his dreams and to create a better world for us today.

The application of assembly lines in manufacturing increased production rates because workers were able to complete the construction of products much faster. Back in the day, artifacts were made by different crafters so even the same artifacts would vary depending on the crafter that built them. Also whatever artifact that a crafter created would be expensive since it takes its time consuming which meant that he wouldn 't have made much of it. However, assembly lines have helped changed this for the better. For example, Ford 's industry was able to make all of their cars exactly the same and this was only possible because the parts used to assemble these cars like the tires, gas tanks, and valves were all interchangeable.

Today, the assembly line is one of the most used forms of manufacturing. The assembly line can help to create a large mass of products and produce them in a short amount of time. When companies take advantage of this practice, they are saving money that would normally go towards paying employees overtime, paying rents, and maintenance fees. Companies could then put this money into making

Imagine never getting in a car or never using charcoal. Although there are a plethora of leaders, Henry Ford was by far one of the most influential. Mr. Ford played a major role in the history of America from boycotting the great war to enhancing the assembly line, and modern transportation technology.

This video was very interesting to me since I am not familiar with the history of automobiles as the others. Revolution of an automoible in America by Henry Ford was an example of the one of the successful business management in U.S. history. Ford's model T was provided with many choice options such as the different looks of exterior and choice of different colors rather than a black. It was the one of the automobile from Ford that dominated the automobile industry in the U.S. and gave an opportunity to many American automobile industries around the country. Henry Ford did a great job on manaing his employees by giving higher wages than other working areas and reducing a working hours, in which it might have been a great risk because this was

When trying to make connections between democracy and capitalism, and how they play a role in our everyday society, looking closely at the emergence of a powerful company can be very informative. Throughout the documentary Henry Ford American Experience, we are introduced to the humble beginnings of the one well-known company in today’s society, the Ford Motor Company. With the in-depth account of the creator himself, Henry Ford and the focus on the labor practices used in his company, one can understand how the establishment came to be.

The manufacturing cost can be lower as the rearrangement of the production line to meet urgent order can be minimize or even eliminated.