USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -When the design of the Model T proved successful, Ford and his associates turned to the problem of producing the car in large volume and at a low unit cost. The solution was found in the moving assembly line, a method first tested in assembling magnetos.

Detailed explanation-2: -Henry Ford famously remarked that the use of the moving assembly line allowed for the work to be taken to workers rather than the worker moving to and around the vehicle. The vehicle began to be pulled down the line and built step-by-step.

Detailed explanation-3: -Developing an assembly line mode of production (like Oliver Evans’s flour mill), Ford was able to decrease the price eight years later to $345-$360. Ford’s output grew from just over 32, 000 cars in 1910 to nearly 735, 000 cars in 1916.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ford’s innovation lay in his use of mass production to manufacture automobiles. He revolutionized industrial work by perfecting the assembly line, which enabled him to lower the Model T’s price from $850 in 1908 to $300 in 1924, making car ownership a real possibility for a large share of the population.