How Did Henry Ford Build The Automobile Industry

At the turn of the Twentieth Century, the automobile was a status symbol

painstakingly manufactured by teams of craftsman. Henry Ford's idea to

build a car for the common man set him apart from other automotive pioneers. To

accomplish his goal, Ford realized he would have to increase productivity—producing

more output (goods and services) with less input (resources) or a combination of these two possibilities.

He and his team looked at other industries and found strategies that would

further this objective. They adopted these ideas to the Model T and ultimately,

revolutionized industrial production. Inspired by the meat processing factories in

Chicago, Ford decided to create an assembly line that moved.

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