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Henry Ford sponsored the modern electrically-powered conveyor [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_line | assembly line ]] with specialized single-function workstations, and the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend | five day work week ]]. Ford also appreciated and hired and groomed expertise, both in his engineers and his line workers. Ford also paid high wages, providing workers with the means to purchase automobiles and other mass-produced products. Competitors adopted the same procedures to compete for workers and for product sales. .023 Ford's 1920's Time Study Department subdivided work into quickly-learned small operations of two minute duration (4 workers in parallel for 8 minute operations). .024 Almost 8000 different jobs in the factory. 1000 heavy, 3300 ordinary, 3600 light (employing the weak or disabled). Blind one-legged workers seldom quit. .025 Electric drive produced more accurate (thus interchangeable) parts than mechanical drive .025 machines grouped by work sequence, not type .025 strong building construction permitted heavy machinery on upper floors .026 in-house production of parts .027 adequate lighting improved efficiency and accuracy at the 1911 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Park_Ford_Plant | Highland Park ]] factory |
America's Assembly Line
David E. Nye, 2023 / 670.43 NYE Tigard Library
Henry Ford sponsored the modern electrically-powered conveyor assembly line with specialized single-function workstations, and the five day work week. Ford also appreciated and hired and groomed expertise, both in his engineers and his line workers.
Ford also paid high wages, providing workers with the means to purchase automobiles and other mass-produced products. Competitors adopted the same procedures to compete for workers and for product sales.
- 023 Ford's 1920's Time Study Department subdivided work into quickly-learned small operations of two minute duration (4 workers in parallel for 8 minute operations).
- 024 Almost 8000 different jobs in the factory. 1000 heavy, 3300 ordinary, 3600 light (employing the weak or disabled). Blind one-legged workers seldom quit.
- 025 Electric drive produced more accurate (thus interchangeable) parts than mechanical drive
- 025 machines grouped by work sequence, not type
- 025 strong building construction permitted heavy machinery on upper floors
- 026 in-house production of parts
027 adequate lighting improved efficiency and accuracy at the 1911 Highland Park factory