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Automotive News Europe, June, 2003 by Chappell, Lindsay
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Byline: Lindsay Chappell
How clever the world feels today when it talks about its accomplishments in the fields of manufacturing and industrial design: efficiency, cost reduction, innovation, automation, worker incentive, job-time reduction, kaizen.
Henry Ford did it all a century ago.
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His giant strides in production methods allowed Ford Motor Co. to dominate the world auto industry of his day. Ford's pre-World War I car factories revolutionized manufacturing and changed the way goods were made around the world. The company's quest to reduce the labor content of its cars, ...
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