The world we live in today has witnessed a large number of transport options. With two wheelers and Four wheelers visible in every nook and corners. But 100 years ago it wasn't the case, owning a car in those days, was like owning a private jet these days. It was too costly for common man. And that's when Henry Ford decided to make cheaper cars available for everyone it was like ratan tata wanting to make NANO just hundred years back.
Ford's idea to produce an affordable car was through use of the assembly line that increased efficiency and decreased cost. Before assembly lines, cars were individually designed by number of skilled mens - a slow and expensive procedure. With the introduction of assembly line ,Instead of workers going to the car, the car came to the worker who performed the same task of assembly over and over again. With this, Ford was able to reduce the assembly time of a Model T from twelve and a half hours to less than six hours.
On December 1, 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. And thus began an era of automobile for everyone.
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