Henry Ford: Assembly Line - The Henry Ford
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Henry Ford combined interchangeable parts with subdivided labor and fluid movement of materials to create his moving assembly line in 1913. The resulting productivity gains and price cuts led manufacturers of every type to adopt Ford’s innovative production methods. This Expert Set was compiled in 2013 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Henry Ford’s birth.
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Original Title: TIL Henry Ford’s revolutionary assembly line for the Model T was inspired in part by the “disassembly lines” of the Chicago meat packing industry, where animal carcasses moved along a conveyor belt and workers at stations specialized in taking off one part of the animal