Henry Ford

He was born in Dearborn, Michigan in the year 1863 and

died 75 years ago in the year 1947. Henry Ford was born
on a farm, into a very poor family.
Henry Ford gave many contributions to what we know today as maintenance.
He was the first man to design a maintenance plan for his line of cars, which
until 9 years ago was considered one of the most effective.
He was an American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of the Ford
Motor Company and father of modern production lines used for mass
production.
He is credited with Fordism, a system that spread between the late 1930s and
early 1970s and which he created by manufacturing large numbers of low-cost
automobiles through mass production. This system was coupled with the use
of specialized machinery and a large number of workers on staff with high
salaries.
His global vision, with consumerism as the key to peace, is the key to his
success. His intense commitment to cost reduction led to a host of business
and technical inventions, including a franchise system that established a
dealership in every city in the United States and Canada and in major cities on
five continents.
Ford left much of his vast fortune to the Ford Foundation, but also ensured
that his family controlled the company permanently.