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    a development of unclear utility, into an advancement that significantly formed the twentieth century. Ford revolutionized the auto industry with one single, powerful improvement; the assembly-line. This major alteration swept the nation away with its numerous benefits and magnitude of success. Ford’s assembly-line modification critically reduced…

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    moving assembly line, and by building different types of cars. All of this made the world a better place. Henry made cars more affordable by first raising the pay in his company to $5 per hour. In raising the wages in his company he created a basic middle class. So with the middle class he also was still think how to make cars cheaper. His main thought was to make cars faster so he would have a more car per people’s wage ratio. Henry then sponsored a moving assembly line. The assembly line…

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    Henry Ford’s Assembly Line Henry Ford may not have invented the assembly line; however, he drastically innovated it by coupling the assembly line with scientific management. By envisioning an affordable car available to the masses, Ford strived to reduce prices and increase market share. Ultimately, the Ford Motor Company revolutionized the production of automobiles and the assembly line would serve as the catalyst for mass production. The Ford Motor Company was established in Highland Park…

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    but we finally crossed the finish line with a lengthy five minute short film. This is the feeling I had after finally finishing the short film that a small group of five of us were tasked with creating. Each of us did our part, and being the leader of the group I was assigned the job of directing the project. We all worked together and did our best to be efficient, as that would be the only way we would be able to bring our story to life. Similar to an assembly line, we all worked on our…

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    Henry Ford Biography Essay

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    Henry Ford is known as one of America’s foremost industrialists who revolutionized the assembly line modes and production of the automobile. Ford was born July 30, 1863, in Michigan, and passed away on April 7, 1947. After a few trials of building cars and companies, in 1903, Henry Ford established the Ford Motor Company. Ford introduced the development of the moving assembly line and is credited for helping build America’s economy in the nation’s vulnerable years (“Henry Ford Biography” 1).…

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    Industrialization. In the middle of this changing culture stood Henry Ford and his automobile company. Ford helped push American culture toward a heightened emphasis on mechanization, while also revolutionizing mass production through the creation of the assembly line. Yet, both Ford and modern American culture displayed contradictions in how they affected the American people. While supplying many benefits that brought great progress to American society, they also created disadvantages.…

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    Ford created the assembly line which allowed automobiles to be produced quicker and made traveling cost a lot less and become more convenient. Another example is Thomas Edison who made electricity available to us. Although the Industrial Revolution helped other countries. It had the greatest impact in America in the 19th and 20 century. The Industrial Revolution had a positive impact on the U.S. because of the Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1867, the Automobile assembly line produced by…

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    dollars into four hundred and ninety dollars. He did this by looking at the total cost it took to manufacture and minimized it again and again. This is known as total cost minimization. He invented new ways of going about the production process, the assembly line being what he spent most of his time on. The work of Henry Ford very close to perfect total cost minimization. As an engineer, it is important to be able to reduce the cost whenever possible to maximize efficiency. Throughout the past…

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    other people to make it more efficient. He becomes famous and well-known people, as he is the founder and owner of the Ford Motor Company. Ford also known with his modified car, known as Model T that also lead to the introduction of automated assembly line and the vertical integration of the manufacturing process. All his works are the modifications from the existing technology in the automobile industry. Henry Ford did not invent the car; he produced an automobile that was within the economic…

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    impact to the world economy, Henry Ford could not possibly end the Depression just by himself. Therefore, the assembly line might be one of the factors that contributed to the Great Depression, but it definitely wasn 't the only factor. The Wall St. Crash revealed the weak banking system of the USA and the flaw in the credit system was a way bigger contributing factor than Ford 's assembly…

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