Ford put these principles into play gradually over five years, fine-tuning and testing as he went along. In 1913, they came together in the first moving assembly line ever used for large-scale ...

Andrew Carnegie built the steel industry in America, becoming one of the wealthiest individuals of his era. Later in life, he dedicated much of his fortune to philanthropy, funding libraries, ...

Ford Motor Co. celebrated the 100th anniversary of the moving assembly line this week at its Wayne Assembly plant by setting new goals for global manufacturing, and promising the next few years ...

To reduce costs and increase production of his most successful automobile — the Model T — Henry Ford borrowed a tactic from the meatpacking industry and implemented the assembly line in his ...

History credits Henry Ford and the Model T for optimizing the modern assembly line and making mass-produced automobiles more affordable. However, the road to greatness wasn't smooth sailing ...

No modern Fords use either of the two engines ... very core of the automotive industry forward. While Ford didn't pioneer the assembly line - Oldsmobile did - many of the Detroit-based ...