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Henry Ford

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HENRY FORD

  • He was born on his father’s farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan on July 30, 1863.
  • His father, William Ford and his mother, Mary Litogot Ford both were farmers
  • When Ford was 15 years old, his father gifted him a pocket watch, which he promptly took apart and reassembled.
  • Ford left home at age 16 to take an apprenticeship as a machinist in Detroit
  • Years later he learn to skillfully operate and service steam engines and also bookkeeping

EARLY CAREER

  • In 1888, Ford married Clara Bryant
  • Then he returned to farming to support his wife and son, Edsel
  • Years later, he was hired as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company
  • In 1883, his natural talents earned him a promotion to chief engineer.
  • in 1896, he constructed his first model, the Ford Quadricycle

EARLY SUCCESS

  • Same year, he attended a meeting with Edison executives
  • Then found himself presenting his automobile plans to Thomas Edison
  • Thomas Edison encouraged Ford to build a second, better model.
  • Established the ford motor company in 1903
  • Then in 1908 ford introduced the Model T

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

  • After the introduction of Model T the company posted 100 percent gains.
  • 1914, he sponsored the development of the moving assembly line technique of mass production
  • He introduced the $5-per-day wage as a method
  • Way of keeping the best workers loyal to his company
  • Simple to drive and cheap to repair, half of all cars in America in 1918 were Model T's.
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WORKER'S PHILOSOPHY

  • In business, Ford offered profit sharing to select employees
  • Employees who stayed with the company for six month
  • Employees who conducted their lives in a respectable manner.
  • Company also have a Social Department
  • looked into an employee’s drinking, gambling and otherwise uncouth activities

FORD'S IMPACT

  • His River Rouge Plant became the world's largest industrial complex
  • He opened Ford assembly plants in Britain and Canada in 1911
  • Then later became the biggest automotive producer in those countries
  • Today Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker
  • Fifth-largest in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales
Photo by Kay Gaensler