How did the moving assembly line change car production?
Ford's moving assembly line, introduced in 1913 at its Highland Park plant, cut the time to build a Model T from about 12 hours to about 90 minutes.
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Ford's moving assembly line, introduced in 1913 at its Highland Park plant, cut the time to build a Model T from about 12 hours to about 90 minutes.
In 1914, Ford introduced the $5 workday, roughly doubling typical factory pay, to keep workers on its Model T assembly lines.
Ford's moving assembly line, introduced in 1913, cut the time to build a Model T from over 12 hours to about 90 minutes.
From 1914 to 1925, Ford only made the Model T in black, because black paint dried fastest and kept the assembly line moving.