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.p009 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morgenthau_Jr. | Henry Morgenthau ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Marshall | George Catlett Marshall ]] .p020 Model T traversed the line start to finish in 90 minutes, 500 per day . When [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Knudsen | William S. Knudsen ]] arrived at Ford Detroit in 1913 . 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, so 50 cars per hour, 3000 cars per week . 4500 hours of work in 60 hours, ... . Soon to 8 hours per day, 5 days per week .p029 Knudsen showed a muffler with two minute assembly time to purchasing agent [[ https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/19/archives/don-p-okeefe-chevrolet-official-was-with-general-motors-many-years.html | Donald O'Keefe ]], turned down .p029 Two weeks later, Knudsen is Chevrolet VP .p031 Knudsen: Speed produces nothing, accuracy is the only straight line to production. From workshop mentality to modern manufacturing. Sales went from 72K to almost 250K om 1922 .p032 Knudsen: "I vanr vun for vun!" (Chevrolet sales up to Ford sales) .p033 "flexible mass production", constant modification and change .p034 1927 Chevy forced Ford to replace Model T with Model A, stopping production for almost a year .p035 Chevy outsold Ford almost every year until 1986 |
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.p088 instead of P-40 fighter copies, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aviation | North American Aviation ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Kindelberger | "Dutch" Kindleberger ]] offers better in 120 days, delivers [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang | P-51 Mustang ]] in 102 days .p103 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_Single-Cylinder | Packard ]] Model B first foot pedal speed control, Model C first steering wheel .p103 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_G._Vincent | Jesse Vincent ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_V-12 | Liberty V-12 aircraft engine ]], also 4 wheel brakes, power brakes . James Ward 1995 .. The Fall of the Packard Motor Company .. PSU Lib HD9710.U54 P39 1995 .p105 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin | Rolls-Royce Merlin engine ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_V-1650_Merlin | Packard V-1650 ]] . author mentions mechanical unit differences; Both UK and US used inches. 64ths to thousandths? Imperial to US gallons? .p105 Packard built 55,000 Merlin engines |
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Freedom's Forge
How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
- Arthur Herman . 2012 . Bvt Lib 940.531 HER .
p003 PROLOGUE
p014 Ch01 THE GENTLE GIANT
- p020 Model T traversed the line start to finish in 90 minutes, 500 per day
When William S. Knudsen arrived at Ford Detroit in 1913
- 10 hours per day, 6 days per week, so 50 cars per hour, 3000 cars per week
- 4500 hours of work in 60 hours, ...
- Soon to 8 hours per day, 5 days per week
p029 Knudsen showed a muffler with two minute assembly time to purchasing agent Donald O'Keefe, turned down
- p029 Two weeks later, Knudsen is Chevrolet VP
- p031 Knudsen: Speed produces nothing, accuracy is the only straight line to production. From workshop mentality to modern manufacturing. Sales went from 72K to almost 250K om 1922
- p032 Knudsen: "I vanr vun for vun!" (Chevrolet sales up to Ford sales)
- p033 "flexible mass production", constant modification and change
- p034 1927 Chevy forced Ford to replace Model T with Model A, stopping production for almost a year
- p035 Chevy outsold Ford almost every year until 1986
p037 Ch02 THE MASTER BUILDER
p058 Ch03 THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
p066 Ch04 GETTING STARTED
p085 Ch05 CALL TO ARMS
p088 instead of P-40 fighter copies, North American Aviation "Dutch" Kindleberger offers better in 120 days, delivers P-51 Mustang in 102 days
p103 Packard Model B first foot pedal speed control, Model C first steering wheel
p103 Jesse Vincent Liberty V-12 aircraft engine, also 4 wheel brakes, power brakes
- James Ward 1995 .. The Fall of the Packard Motor Company .. PSU Lib HD9710.U54 P39 1995
p105 Rolls-Royce Merlin engine Packard V-1650
- author mentions mechanical unit differences; Both UK and US used inches. 64ths to thousandths? Imperial to US gallons?
- p105 Packard built 55,000 Merlin engines
p107 Ch06 ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY
p108 Republic Steel . Tom Girdler fought unions
- p109 "I've never done it before, but I can do it again" Jesse Jones about Henry Kaiser
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p069 Alistair Cooke 2006 The American Home Front
- Forest Grove Library 940.5373 COO