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Ford & the Assembly Line
How Henry Ford's Model T and the moving assembly line created mass production: the 1913 Highland Park line, time cuts, falling prices, the $5 day, and how GM out-competed Ford with variety and finance.
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Prereqs: Industrial revolution; Economies of scale. Next: Toyota production system; GM & Alfred Sloan. Sources: The Henry Ford museum; David Hounshell, *From the American System to Mass Production*.Next: 1. The Model T