2. About Henry
Ford
Henry Ford Henry Ford was the American founder of
the Ford Motor Company.
Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. He was the
oldest of William and Mary Ford’s six children. The Fords
lived on a farm near Dearborn, Michigan.
He did not invent automobile. But he did make
important changes to the car industry.
Father of modern assembly lines used in mass
production.
Introduction of the Model T automobile
revolutionized transportation and American industry.
He transformed an agricultural to an industrial
America.
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3. Early
Henry began school when he Years Each
was 7 year old.
day, he walked to one-room schoolhouse.
Henry had little interest in his schoolwork. He instead
wanted to study machines and tools on family farm.
He often took apart the farm machines and tools to see
how they worked.
Farm machines were not only things Henry
took apart. Henry enjoyed studying toys and watches.
Henry’s brothers and sisters often hide their new toys from him. They did not
want Henry to take the toys apart and break them. As he older, Henry earned
money by fixing watches for his neighbors.
Ford married Clara Ala Bryant in 1888 and supported himself by farming and
running a sawmill.
They had one child: Edsel Ford (1893–1943).
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4. Career
He walked to Detroit to find work
In 1891, Ford became an chief
engineer with the Edison Illuminating
Company
Gasoline engines
Ford Quadricycle
Meeting with Thomas Edison
Detroit Automobile Company on
August 5, 1899
Henry Ford with Thomas Edison
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5. Ford
Quadricycle
In 1896, Henry Ford test drove his first
invention Quadricycle.He named it as “Ford
Quadricycle” as it ran on four cycle wheels. It
was also called as Horseless carriage. The
success of the little vehicle fuelled Ford's
automobile ambitions, leading ultimately to
the founding of Ford Motor Company in
1896-1901 "Ford sold his first Quadricycle* for $200
in 1896 to Charles Ainsley. He later built two more
Quadricycles: one in 1899, and another in 1901. He
eventually bought his first one back for $60.
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6. Model T Car
In 1908, Henry Ford designed the Model T car.
It was light, strong , fast and came only in one colour – black
The car became so popular
1913 he added the first motorized assembly line in the plant
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7. Moving
An assembly line isAssembly Line
a manufacturing
process in which parts are added to a
product in a sequential manner to create a
finished product much faster than with
handcrafting-type methods
In the early 1900s, Ford Motor Company
adopted the assembly line to mass produce
the Model T.
Henry Ford was the to master the
assembly line.
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8. Background
The assembly line revolutionized the way we make cars.
Ford couldn’t meet the demand for the Model T.
Ford’s Model T was sold for $850.00 each.
He decided to build a moving industrial line.
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9. The Leader
Henry Ford valued his workers a lot and he showed that by giving an
extremely high pay for all his works in the assembly lines. As a
result, he drew talent from all over the region to work in
Ford Motor Company.
Whatever you do as a leader, if you can show that you value each
and every person on your team, you will attract talent from all
over the place. More than just their salaries, people want to
work in an environment where they feel that they are valued
and an essential part of the organization.
Strive to give your team this sense of value, whether by
means of salary or by recognition. You can be sure that in
the long run, you’ll be drawing strong people into your
organization.
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10. Henry’s Quotes
Before everything
else, getting ready is the
secret of success
A business that makes
nothing but money is a
poor business.
You can't learn in school
what the world is going
to do next year.
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11. Inspirational
Story were surprised to see that
As we all know Henry Ford is Millionaire. He used to come to office in
very simple clothes(Average). All of his employees
their employer who has lots and lots of money is coming to office dressed so
simple. One day his secretary asked him. “Sir, You have enough money to buy
all the clothes in this world yet you are so simple dressed.” Henry Ford gave a
smile and replied, “Dear, Everyone knows here I am Henry Ford. Why should I
be worried about showing people that I am Henry Ford by wearing lavish
clothes”. Secretary got her answer.
After a few months Henry Ford was about to go on a world tour. He
went to different place but the dressing was still the same. Then one day again
the secretary asked him the same question, “Sir, I don’t think many people
know you here, so you should change your dressing sense.”. Henry Ford again
gave a smile and replied, “Why should I be bothered about dressing for people
who doesn’t even know that I am Henry Ford.” Secretary got her answer
again.
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12. Thank You!
By
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Editor's Notes
“I will build a motor car for the great multitude,” Ford proclaimed in announcing the birth of the Model T in October 1908. The car which changed the way millions of Americans lived. Owning a car allowed people to move from place to place easily. People travels faster and farther their homes.It was light, fast, strong and quite chip and came in only color i.e. black. The car became so popular that it changes the entire view of America now the farmer were no longer isolated to the remote farms. The horses were disappeared so rapidly and that was the start of urbanization America.He used Moving Assembly Line concept in his Model T plant so he can produce more cars.
At that time making a car required lot of time and the demand of the car was increasing. Hence to matching up with the demand Henry started Moving Assembly Line so can produce cars at faster rate.And also the cost of the car is much higher i.e. $850 each with the help of Moving Assembly line the cost of the car decreases to $250 so even an ordinary man now can own a car.