One of the industrial giants who changed American society was Henry Ford. Born on a farm in
Michigan in 1863, he grew up to bring forth some of the most revolutionary improvements in
automotive technology in the early 20th century. His outstanding mechanical ability led him to
become interested in the new automobiles in the early 1900s. Though he did not invent the
automobile, he improved upon everyone else's designs.
He was a person who believed in inexpensive, efficient production, so he established standards
for his plant and workers. He also standardized and produced many new auto parts for his Ford
Motor Company cars. Then he studied the workers' problems and built an assembly line -- the
first of its kind in America. This ingenious improvement led to mass production of thousands of
automobiles per year. In fact, his plants had produced 15 million Model Ts by 1927.
Ford's personality was not all thrift, efficiency, and ingenuity, however. He was a man who was
cold and who could not keep pace with the competition due to his own rigidity. His company
suffered because of his desire to maintain the status quo instead of meeting and beating the
competition by changing his product. Finally, he saw that he must change or lose out; therefore,
he introduced the eight-cylinder engine and once again took over the automobile market. Ford
left a legacy of millions of dollars, millions of jobs for American workers, and millions of satisfied
customers.
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