Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mass
Production
(Henry Ford)
- Affordability
- $850 in 1914,
$295 in 1926
- Ford led the
way in credit
hire purchase
- Standardisation
- every Model T Ford
was black which saved
money and made it
easier to mass produce
- Only 1 type
of engine
- Moving Assembly line
- 1913 - Ford factory Detroit
- 1 car every 10 mins
- 1920 - Ford factory Detroit
- 1 car every 10 secs
- Impact on the Economy
- benefitted those in rural
areas - more accessibility
- promoted
road industry
- Provided
employment
for over 5
million people
- Car industry used
90% of US petrol, 80%
of rubber and 75% of
plateglas
- Workforce
- Henry Ford raised
wages to $5 per hour
- Reduced work
day to 8 hours
- Introduced
3 shift day
- Philosophy of hard work
because the workers
wanted to work hard