The man behind the moving assembly line: Henry Ford took the praise, but Charles Sorensen did the work. (Assembly Then & Now).
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ford Motor Co. and the 90th anniversary of the moving assembly line. Whenever textbooks or TV documentaries discuss mass production, they invariably mention Henry Ford. In reality, much of the credit should go to another man who worked in Ford's shadow for
Publication: Assembly
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The Life and Times of 'Heinrich Ford': New Biography Seeks to Explain How the Genius Car-Maker and Admirer of Hitler Tried To Put Jew-Baiting on the Assembly Line; Henry Ford and the Jews; The ...
Fischel, Jack Forward 01-18-2002 The Life and Times of `Heinrich Ford': New Biography Seeks To Explain How the Genius Car-Maker and Admirer of Hitler Tried To Put Jew-Baiting on the Assembly Line; Henry Ford and the Jews; The Mass Production of Hate The belief that Jews are a conspiratorial people
Publication: Forward
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Michigan Software Developer Takes Page from Henry Ford; Uses Assembly Line Techniques to Open Jobs to Novice Programmers for Year 2000 Conversion
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Faced with the growing national shortage of skilled computer programmers who can reprogram Year 2000 date changes, a major systems integrator and software developer here has turned to a surprising model: the mass production assembly line pioneered by
Publication: PR Newswire
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Hometown of Henry Ford's first assembly line is flat broke.
Byline: Tim Jones HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. _ More than 9,000 Model T's used to roll off Henry Ford's first assembly line every day, enabling Highland Park _ not Detroit or Dearborn _ to boast that it was the first city to put America on wheels. On Friday, the wheels are scheduled to come off Highland
Publication: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
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Kellen Martin, 13, of Little Shasta, California, tours the Ford Focus assembly line in Wayne, Michigan. During his two-day tour of the Detroit area, he visited the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Vil
KIRTHMON F. DOZIER KRT Photos 05-17-2001 US NEWS FORDKID DE KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: FORDKID KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY KIRTHMON F. DOZIER/DETROIT FREE PRESS (May 17) Kellen Martin, 13, of Little Shasta, California, tours the Ford Focus assembly line in Wayne, Michigan. During his two-day tour of the
Publication: KRT Photos
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Learning the nuts and bolts.(Final assembly)(Ford, Henry, III)(Brief article)
At Ford, even the Fords (as in name-on-the-building) have to get down and dirty with the Fords (as in pickups). At least for a little while. Three months into his new gig at Ford, the automaker founded by his great-great-grandfather, Henry Ford III is rolling up his sleeves to learn the family
Publication: Automotive News
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