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When considering the concept of the assembly line, we tend to think it is credited to Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company, but like so many inventors, Ford just improved the assembly line that was patented by Ransom Olds. Before the industrial revolution, products manufactured in factories were made by hand with a single worker completing a part of the product then all the workers coming together and collaborating to make the final product. At the time, this was the most efficient process. In the…

Henry Ford was not the first person to create to assembly line. The first car to be made using the assembly line was the Oldsmobile Curved Dash. According to Ford in My Life and Work the assembly line should have the following principals. "(1) Place the tools and the men in the sequence of the operation so that each component part shall travel the least possible distance while in the process of finishing. (2) Use work slides or some other form of carrier so that when a workman completes his…

Ransom E. Olds invented the assembly line in 1901, in order to keep up with the high demand for horseless carriages, but it was Henry Ford who improved on Ransom’s idea. Henry Ford installed conveyor belts on the assembly line and this improvement allowed him to mass produce automobiles at a rate that was once impossible. As a great inventor and entrepreneur, Henry Ford was able to transform the lives of the common American for the better. He was able to improve the working conditions for…

When thinking about cruise lines the number one thought is Carnival cruise line however Norwegian cruise line is quickly coming up from one of the top spots to rival carnival with their brand publicity. Norwegian is a global company with twenty five different ships that stop at more than four hundred fifty destinations all over the world to offer their customers multiple options as they continue to grow this number. They are credited with the revolution of having flexible cruises that do not…

The integration and adaptation of sustainable procedures in any business requires a Triple Bottom Line approach. This approach can also be a micro solution to the tragedy of the commons problem. The concept of the triple bottom line implies that a company’s successfulness cannot be judged solely on financial performance, but on environmental and social impacts as well. As Hardin described, a shift in human values is needed in order for this approach to work, as well as a voluntary coercion…

the Triple Bottom Line Boyd Watson Columbia Southern University The triple bottom line is an accounting framework that incorporate three parts: social, environmental (or ecological) and financial performances. The triple bottom line measures how an organization impacts people, the planet, and profits on both a local and a global scale. The triple bottom line can be a valuable tool to support sustainability goals for companies. Many businesses have adopted the triple bottom line…

Delta Air Lines actually originated in the agriculture industry. In fact, Delta Air Lines was founded in 1924 as the world’s first aerial crop dusting organization (Aviation Online Magazine, 2015). The first commercial agricultural flying company known as the Huff Daland Dusters crop-dusting operation, founded in Macon, GA, shaped the origins for Delta Air Lines (Delta, 2015). The Huff Daland Duster’s headquarters move to Monroe, LA and becomes the largest privately owned fleet in the world with…

In "Some Lessons from The Assembly Line" by Andrew Braaksma, the author describes his experience working during his summer vacations as a factory worker. Setting the tone, he describes how he is more than happy to hit the books after laboring 12-hour days and earning meagre wages. As a result of his experience, the alternative is straightforward. "Factory life has shown me what my future might have been like had I never gone to college in the first place." "Sweating away my summers as a…

The author Andrew Braaksma wrote "Some Lessons from the Assembly Line" with a few life lessons in mind. The authors main point is that he has chosen to work a harder job during the summer to help himself realize why is is in college. The author supports this by saying that the transition from student to blue collar worker never gets any easier. The author believes that he has an edge over his fellow students who chose to take easier, less life experience filled jobs. The author is trying…

Introduction Delta Air Lines is a global airline, one of the largest worldwide airlines pose a conflict with customer relations, by or through their divisions that reflect on individual performance metrics within the company. Some of their divisions would be in-flight services, airport customer services, baggage, and reservations, just to name a few. Different explanation of policies between divisions by different members’ pose an unsatisfied relationship and behavioral negativity of performance…