He came to be regarded as the apostle of mass production, and more than 15 million cars were produced before the Model T was discontinued (1927).
By cutting the costs of production, by adapting the conveyor belt and assembly line to automobile production, and by featuring an inexpensive, standardized car, Ford was soon able to outdistance all his competitors and become the largest automobile producer in the world.
In 1908 he guided his chief engineer Harold Wills in the design of the Model T. In 1907 he purchased the stock owned by most of his associates, and thereafter the Ford family remained in control of the company. Click the link for more information. (who devised and oversaw the company's successful early business and accounting procedures), the Dodge brothers, and others. He moved (1887) to Detroit, and after he entered (1903) into partnership with Henry Ford, he became vice president and general manager of the Ford Motor Company. Senator, industrialist, and philanthropist, b. Resigning (1899) from the Edison Company he launched the Detroit Automobile Company.Ī disagreement with his associates led Ford to organize (1903) the Ford Motor Company in partnership with Alexander Malcomson, James Couzens Couzens, James Ford continued working in his spare time as well, and in 1896 he completed his first automobile. He soon returned to his home, but after considerable experimentation with power-driven vehicles, he went (1890) to Detroit again and worked as a machinist and engineer with the Edison Company. The Inception of the Ford Motor Companyįord showed mechanical aptitude at an early age and left (1879) his father's farm to work as an apprentice in a Detroit machine shop. Founder of Ford Motor, business magnate, engineeringįord, Henry, 1863–1947, American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer, b.
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