HENRY FORD

Henry Ford was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production.Henry Ford was born in Dearborn, Michigan, USA
He is credited with "Fordism", that is, the mass production of large numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line, coupled with high wages for his workers.
In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company .he had been worked for years for this company. he learned a lot of thing during the the Edison Illuminating Company years. With his friend Alexander Malcomson ,they formed a partnership, "Ford & Malcomson, Ltd." to manufacture automobiles. This company was reincorporated as the Ford Motor Company.His admire to become the first made his works easy. Ford recognizes the importance of productivity. there are mainly four fundamentals which were interchangeable parts, continuous flow, division of labor, and reducing wasted effort. He created the Model T. The processes that he implemented have their root from Taylor’s studies such as time-and-motion which is developed by Gilbreths.
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