Production Simulation

(part 1)
Using your card, pen, string and scissors, make a bookmark like this:

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An individual craftsman

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 Interchangeable part
• Bolts can be used in buildings, bridges, trucks,
skateboards and all kinds of industrial
processes.
• They are produced in standardized sizes and
shapes, so that all kinds of manufacturers can
use the same part, and they can be easily
replaced.

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Henry Ford’s innovation

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 Let's Discuss
1. What did you notice about the workers in the first part of the
video? (They were working alone on individual pieces; later they
are working in groups. Explain that initially mechanics used
everyday tools to assemble these parts.) 
2. What were Henry Ford’s goals? (Produce a car for the masses, a
car that could drive on rutted tracks, a car that farmers could use) 
3. What was different about the Model T? (simple, reliable, rugged,
higher frame, cheap) 

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 Let's Discuss
4. What was wrong with Henry Ford’s original process for
manufacturing the Model T? (The company couldn’t keep up with
orders, they could only produce 25/day) 
5. What was Ford’s revolutionary idea? (The moving assembly line)
6. How did it change production of the Model T? (Went from 12.5
man-hours to produce a car to 93 minutes to produce a car) 
7. What happened to prices of cars? (Cut by hundreds of dollars.)
Explain that the price fell from $850 in 1908 (about $22,000 in
2016 dollars) to less than $300 by 1925 (about $4,100 in 2016
dollars.)

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 Henry Ford's Auto Company
You will learn more about:
• how this process improved productivity
• how Ford addressed some of the downsides of assembly-line
production
• how this innovation affected supply and demand in the auto industry

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Production Simulation
(part 2)
Using your materials to make a bookmark like this:
6”

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1/2”
2”

Use 12” string

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 Production Report
1. Count: How many finished bookmarks did you make?
2. Calculate: # bookmarks/# workers to get worker productivity
3. Calculate: 10 minutes/worker productivity to get
worker-minutes/bookmark

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 Production Line Debrief
1. How did the number of bookmarks produced on the assembly line
compare to the number you made as individuals?
2. Which assembly line tested by the class was most productive? In
other words, which one produced the most bookmarks per
worker?
3. Why did this assembly line produce more than the others?
4. Which group made the best quality bookmarks?
5. What were the advantages of producing bookmarks using an
assembly line?

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 Production Line Debrief
6. What were disadvantages of producing bookmarks using an
assembly line?
7. Are there any additional tools or capital goods that would have
helped you speed up the process even more?

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More productivity advances:
Tesla Factory

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Costs of the assembly line

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