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If money were not an issue, what would If money were not an issue, what would be the first car you would buy? Why?be the first car you would buy? Why?

Task: Design next year’s “Car of the Task: Design next year’s “Car of the Year.”Year.”

Draw a car. It must include the following:- Body

- Wheels/Tires- Windows- Bumpers

- Doors/Door Handles- Lights

- Hood Ornament

Examples of Hood Ornaments

Assembly Line OrganizationWorker 1 and 2: BodyWorker 1 and 2: BodyWorker 3: Wheels/TiresWorker 3: Wheels/TiresWorker 4: WindowsWorker 4: WindowsWorker 5: BumpersWorker 5: BumpersWorker 6: Doors/Door HandlesWorker 6: Doors/Door HandlesWorker 7: LightsWorker 7: LightsWorker 8: Hood OrnamentWorker 8: Hood Ornament

You build them - I’ll get rich!

In-Class Assembly Line Real-Life Assembly Line1. We created our best drawings, then

one was chosen to mass produce2. We drew one part of the final

product3. Most of us did not see the finished

drawings4. The work was repetitive5. Our bodies and hands hurt from

drawing the same part over and over6. We listened to a recording of loud

“car music” and worked with limited light and warm conditions

7. We did not have choice about what part we were to draw

8. Our work was repetitive and boring

9. We did not like the way “The Bosses” reprimanded us

1. A craftsperson created a product for mass production

2. Assembly line workers completed only one part of a product

3. Assembly line workers often had no connection to the finished products

4. Assembly line work was monotonous5. Assembly workers experienced physical

strain and injuries from repetitive work6. Poor factory conditions included loud noise,

poor lighting, and high temperatures7. Assembly line workers had little control

over the work they performed8. Assembly lines completed tasks that

required no creativity and little-thought9. Assembly line workers became alienated

from their managers

The Model ‘T’ Ford

• Henry Ford set out to build a car that everyone could afford to buy.

• It was slow, ugly, and difficult to drive.

The Model ‘T’ Ford

• The attraction of the Model T Ford was that its price never increased.

• Costing $1200 in 1909, the price in 1928 was only $295.

• By 1929 Ford was producing more than one car per minute

Mass Production

• Ford was able to sell cars cheaply because they were mass-produced and every part was Standardized (only one color and one engine size were available).

• By producing large numbers of cars on an Assembly Line, Ford wanted fewer skilled workers. Why?

Quote – Henry Ford

How would this have helped to cut production costs?

‘A customer can have any color he likes for his car so long as it's black’

Division of Labor- The product was placed

on the line, and each worker completed a single, specialized task over and over again.

- Because the product came to the workers, their work required very little movement.

- This process is called the specialization or division of labor.

Mass Production Leads to Invention

Ford invented the idea of using an Assembly Line to speed up production.

Assembly Lines ‘… each man and each

machine do only one thing ... the thing is to keep everything in motion and take the work to the man, not the man to the work’

Henry Ford 1925

Closer1. What are some specific

job-related problems that Charlie encounters?

2. How do the business leaders try to increase production and make more money? Give examples.