31 Mart 2008 Pazartesi

HENRY FORD



Henry Ford was born in July 30, 1863 as a first one of the six children.He grow up in Michigan as a farmer's son.he disliked being a farmer, he interested in machine.He worked at the very young age(he was 16 yeas old).After he worked as an apprentice machinist in Detroit for 3 years, he wont back his hometown.In 1891 Henry Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illumating Company in Detroit.He became Chief Engineer in 1893 sucht that he started to focus on his personal experiments and earn enough money.These experiments concluded in 1896 with the completion oh his own self-propelled vehicle, the Quadricycle.The Quadricycle had four wire wheels that looked like heavy bicycle wheels, was steered with a tiller like a boat, and had only two forward speeds with no reverse.
The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with henry Ford as vice-resident and chief engineer.He realized his dream of producing an automobile that was resaonably priced, reliable, adn efficien with the introduction of the model T in 1908.In 1918 ,half of cars in America were model Ts.In additon his a founder of Fordism.Fordism is a management theory that is, the mass production of large numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line, coupled with high wages for his workers. Ford had a global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace.Henry Ford also implemented Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management Principles into his factory and there was a big earn from time and motion

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