07/10/2026

Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving vehicle 
assembly line 
(1913)

Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. By 1914, these methods were known around the world as Fordism: 1.The standardisation of a product (nothing is handmade, but everything is made through machines and mould's by unskilled workers). 2. The employment of assembly lines, which use special-purpose tools and/or equipment to allow common-skilled workers to contribute to the finished product. 3. Workers are paid higher "living" wages so that they can afford to purchase the products they make. The principles, coupled with a technological revolution during Henry Ford's time, allowed for this form of labor to gain attraction. His assembly line was revolutionary though not original as it had previously been used at slaughterhouses. His most original contribution was breaking down complex tasks into simpler ones, with the help of specialised tools. In reality, the assembly line had existed before Ford, although not with the same effectiveness. His real accomplishment was recognising the potential by breaking it all down into its components, to build it back up again in a more effective and productive combination, thereby producing a method for the real world. We celebrate Fordism with a modern Ford Mustang that has and still is being assembled according to Fordism and their assembly line system…

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