Henry Ford Accomplishments

Henry Ford
Henry Ford was one of America’s greatest businesspersons, the founder of Ford Motor Company and the man largely responsible for mass production in the American economy. This achievement led Ford to becoming a rich and famous man. Ever since Ford was a child, he had a dream to become an engineer and to manufacture cars. He began to pursue his dream when he introduced the Assembly line, by breaking down production into simple tasks. He lowered the skill level needed to work in a factory, which allowed enormous amounts of products to be produced at lower prices. During the 1920’s, Henry Ford’s management skills and leadership of The Ford Motor Company expanded the economy by making cars available to all Americans and stimulating
For example, “oil and steel were two well-established industries that received a serious boost by the demand for automobiles” (Age of the Automobile). Many industries like the oil and steel were increasing production for more automobiles being produced. During this automobile era, “manufacturing became a highly mechanized process in which mass manufacturing was performed by unskilled workers and the assembly line cut down on human handling, and machines were designed to handle multiple tasks”(Bianco). In other words, quick development was a very important skill that unskilled workers had to master; however, this was made easy because a lot of the times machines did most of the work and the workers would have to put a little effort to make sure everything was right. This enabled Ford “to increase production from about 475 cars in a nine-hour day to more than 1,200 auto assemblies in an eight-hour day” (Bianco). Due to more manufacturing of cars and more products of steel, rubber, and glass being created, Ford increased the production of the assembly lines. Having raw materials such as rubber and steel available in the market, “more people would buy raw materials and products, which stimulated public spending throughout.” This gave Ford a chance to another company called “The Ford Manufacturing Company, which was started to produce engines, running gears and other car
He used many techniques that improved the economy. He did most of this by expanding his company so cars were available to Americans, and by stimulating public spending through many industries. The auto industry provided with a large market of steel, rubber, glass and petroleum products. All of which were available to consumers in the market at any time. Cars made exploration of the world outside easier and more affordable, which motivated public spending for good roads. His production line manufacturing was widely used for efficiency because before automobiles came out the lives of many Americans focused on how to communicate to work or other parts of the city. Many even traveled really far just to get to work, because trains were mostly the means of transportation before the automobiles (Melosi). Shortly after the inventions of automobiles, the lives of many Americans change and the production of cars increased. Ford had many strong ideas, which made him successful in expanding the economy and increasing profits, even if lowered his prices of automobiles, his companies still gained a lot of profit because even the lower and middle classes were able to purchase such efficient cars. Thus, Ford was not only responsible for the production of automobiles, but he was also responsible for making the economy as a whole boom. Ford was able to gain many achievements through one