Henry Ford is generally credited with being the creator of the assembly line. To meet the demand for his Model T automobiles, Mr. Ford knew that just hiring more people wouldn’t be enough to mount the challenge of building Ford Motor Company — it would take
technology.
His technology was crude by modern standards, but it did what technology does: leverage the productivity of human beings.During the year Ford’s assembly line was first put in service, he wasn’t just using technology he was creat...
Published on January 27, 2015 05:24