Ford and standarisation

en over 15,000,000 Model T’s produced by Ford. Few people in history have
impacted the trajectory of modern American culture as profoundly as Henry
Ford. He was inarguably a genius in terms of both marketing and
manufacturing. Known by many as the “Father of Manufacturing”, he is often
credited for being the inventor of the assembly line. Though he may have been
the first to bring “automation” to an assembly line, he was not the first to put
the overall “line” concept to use. In 1902, Ransom Olds, the son of an Ohio
blacksmith, was mass producing his Oldsmobile Curved Dash automobile. By
1905 Olds was manufacturing 5,000 cars a year. Ford would not introduc By
the end of 1918, half of the cars owned in the United States were Ford Model
T’s. All were painted black. By the time the last car rolled off the assembly line
in 1927 it is estimated that there had be e the Model T until 1908. Even as
groundbreaking as Olds ideas were, he was far form the first person to use an
assembly line. A similar idea had been implemented hundreds of years before
Olds had even been born.

2.ford and Toyota: differences and resemblance

Production system of a motor company relates to operations management.
The production philosophy of Toyota and Ford both aim at making the
production system efficient, minimization of costs and wastages. Many of the
philosophies of the two companies match with one another but many of them
are different from one another.
Just in Time is one principle that is followed by both Toyota and Ford. Both of
the company aims at minimizing the quantity of inventory and to make it they
manage their production system. Although the main intention of application of
JIT is same, the way they implement and the importance they exert are
different. Ford exerted less emphasis on JIT because the company has just
used some cooperation with the suppliers and sellers to coordinate JIT
On the other hand Toyota emphasized extensively on minimum level of
inventory because the country has scarce space to stock the inventory. As a
result, Toyota has explicitly linked the demand of customers in the production
system to make sure that there is no excessive product
3.ford’s new strategy more innovative :
It’s probably fair to say that Detroit hasn’t been known for its innovation over
the past few decades, with the big three car companies struggling enormously
in the years leading up to the credit crunch. So it’s incredibly pleasing to see
the extent to which Ford have unleashed their shackles and delved headlong
into open innovation.
For instance, back in 2012 they enrolled core customers into a rapid feedback
program, which would allow the company to get much quicker input from
customers into their latest models. They followed that a year later with the
launch of OpenXC, which was an attempt to ensure as much of the data behind
their cars gets utilized as possible.
Building on from the original success of that project was the recent
announcement of the launch of the Innovate Mobility Challenge Series, which
will see developers and innovators come together to find novel mobility
solutions in eight locations around the world.
“Reaching out to local stakeholders lets Ford more effectively address the
diverse mobility challenges around the world,” said Paul Mascarenas, Ford’s
chief technical officer and vice president, Research and Innovation. “Launching
our Innovate Mobility Challenge Series in eight different regions will bring
global and local players together in the pursuit of one goal, which is a smarter
and more efficient transportation network for the future.”
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