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Henry Ford
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1) Henry Ford can be considered the first motorist in our world - it was he who made the first trips on his "gasoline cart" around Detroit already in 1895.
It is worth noting that at that time in America there were already self propelled strollers driven by steam engines, and in Europe there were gasoline analogues of Ford's trolley, but Henry Ford was the first person to use this "great great grandmother" of the car for everyday trips.
Moreover, Henry Ford is the first inhabitant of our planet to receive a real driver's license. "
...I have repeatedly had problems with the police.
Why, I find it difficult to say now, as far as I know, there were no laws regarding speed limits at that time.
In any case, I had to ask for special permission from the mayor.
For a while, he was the only person in America who has a driver's license" - Henry Ford, "My life, my achievements".
3) Henry Ford was the first person to use conveyor assembly at his factories, which allowed 5-10 (!) times to speed up the production process of cars.
Also, this great mechanic was the first to think of raising the working area to the level of a person's waist, as well as using suspended transport systems (in the form of chains and hooks above the conveyor) to move heavy parts.
4) The now so famous Ford Motor Company is the second company in a row, which was founded by Henry Ford.
The first company that produced cars based on Ford's designs was the Detroit Automobile Company, which Henry Ford left due to disagreements with the co founders.
And by the way, now this campaign is called "Cadillac".
5) Perhaps you didnot know, but Soviet GAZ cars at the dawn of their era are copies of Ford's developments.
Henry Ford signed a contract with the leadership of the USSR, according to which: a) an automobile plant was built in the USSR using the achievements of Henry Ford, later designed to produce cars according to his drawings, and Soviet workers were sent to Detroit factories in the United States for an internship; b) the USSR signed a multimillion dollar contract for the supply of Ford cars and tractors.
This fact was hidden from ordinary people, like many others at that time.
6) By the way, do not confuse: the correct English spelling of Ford's name is Henry Ford.
Not Genry Ford.
7) Henry Ford paid his employees an "inflated" salary.
But if Ford found out that a worker was spending his money on drinking or hiding it from his family, he immediately lost his job.
Henry Ford made a special bet on the reliability of his cars, as well as the availability of spare parts and repairs, if there was a need.
And at this time, competing companies proceeded from the fact that the car is a toy for the rich, and it is a sacred thing to charge them exorbitantly for spare parts and repairs.
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What is the reason for the success of Henry Ford
"If you chop wood yourself, they will warm you twice" - Henry Ford
The founder of the plant, a young Henry Ford, raised his brainchild not only with hard work and boundless faith in success, but also with truly innovative solutions in the field of production and enterprise management.
An important role was played by Henry's wife, who, as Ford himself later recalled, " Believed in my success even more than I did."
Henry Ford, with the exception of his childhood and youth, worked all his life in the technical field: first as a mechanic, then as an engineer, until the moment of the foundation of its production.
In addition to the effective innovations that Ford adopted in his production, he also engaged in inventive activity - Henry Ford has 161 patents on his account.
During his life, Ford wrote several books, almost immediately translated into other languages, including Russian.
All his books related to the production and management of the enterprise, there were also biographical books.
By the way, Henry Ford's books were not just published in the USSR, they were positioned as a textbook for mastering technical specialties, his books were recommended for reading to Soviet engineers.
(Which is quite unusual for the politics of those years).
Biography of Henry Ford
Henry Ford is an ethnic Irishman, his parents were Irish immigrants.
The Ford family lived on their farm near Detroit, and earned their living by farming Henry, as a very young boy, helped his father with the housework, helping him to feed his family.
And the family was not small, Ford had several brothers and sisters.
By the way, there is a misconception that the Ford family was poor and barely made ends meet.
Here is what Henry himself said on this topic: "My family was never poor, nor was it too rich.
We always had enough money to live on, and among the local farmers we could be considered a fairly well off family."
But still, Ford was engaged in the family business only because it was necessary - he himself did not feel a craving for agriculture.
Since childhood, the future car magnate felt an irresistible attraction to technology, but his father did not approve of his son's inclinations.
From the memoirs of Henry Ford: "Even at the age of 12, when I had to drag buckets of water from the well every day, overcoming a steep staircase with a 20 kilogram load, I thought that everything could be made easier — just by adding 2 meters of water pipes."
The desire to "make it easier" and "make it different" increasingly visited him with age.
One day, a father gave his son a brand new pocket watch.
Unable to resist the temptation, Henry disassembled them, and the abundance of transmission gears, levers and shafts once again proved to the owner about its purpose, striking the young engineer with its complexity and at the same time expediency.
"Looking at the mechanism, I thought that the whole world is also a complex structure, and the impact on the levers and elements of the mechanism causes its operation, correct or not, depending on the nature of the impact.
And you just need to influence the right levers — then success is inevitable."
Henry was so interested in the clockwork that he understood the design of watches quite well, making watch repair one of his ways of earning money in his young years.
One day, Henry was traveling with his father to the city of Detroit on business, and their cart was overtaken by a smoking self propelled cart.
It struck and interested him even more than the watch, than anything he had seen before.
Probably this event was the decisive one in the fate of Henry Ford.
After that, at the age of 16, Henry left home, to meet his fate in the city of Detroit.
Henry Ford is the first motorist, the first owner of a personal car with an internal combustion engine and the first person to get a driver's license.
The success story of Henry Ford
Success did not come immediately.
Henry Ford worked assembling engines for steam locomotives, then entered the service of the famous inventor Thomas Edison.
Surprisingly, that era gathered under its wing three, without exaggeration, geniuses at once.
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and the famous scientist Nikola Tesla turned out to be contemporaries by the will of fate.
Moreover, they lived and worked in the same country — the United States.
But that's not all - Henry Ford and Nikola Tesla worked for Thomas Edison for a while!
An amazing combination of events!
But let's continue.
Henry Ford worked at the Edison Illuminating Company Corporation, holding the position of mechanical engineer there, and then chief engineer.
This company, by the way, almost from scratch provided electric light to the whole of Detroit.
At that time of his life, in his spare time, Ford was engaged in inventing his first car right in his garage.
The inventor on his first car, assembled in the garage behind the house
There are rumors that Ford was so interested in designing that he made the car too big for the garage door, and he had to break them down.
Despite everything, the "cart" turned out well.
It could reach speeds of up to 20 miles per hour (about 32 kilometers per hour), cover 60 miles (96 km) without refueling and was quite light, which made it possible to make fuel consumption of only 12 liters per 100 kilometers.
Despite a century ago, these indicators are not much different from modern ones!
It was a success in its purest form!
However, success had to be wrapped up in a beautiful "label" of management and solid financial investments, which it took a lot to open your own company.
In light of these events, after working for Edison for more than 10 years, Ford became one of the co founders of the Detroit Automobile Company.
Ford acquired a financier in the person of an influential businessman, whose wallet and location he won by driving him on his self propelled wheelchair.
It would seem that this is the milestone from which the name Ford became world famous.
But no, soon Henry left the company due to disagreements with the other founders.
The fact is that Ford offered to produce cheaper cars for the middle class, against the background of the general trend of popularity of cars among the rich, who perceived transport as an expensive toy and luxury.
But it doesnot matter, less than a year later he founded his own company, which has been pleasing consumers with high - quality cars for 100 years - "Ford Motors Company".
It was then that Ford began producing more affordable, but high quality cars, literally breaking into the car market with the Ford brand and popularity growing exponentially.
Innovative solutions by Henry Ford
It was Henry Ford who first tried all the charms of conveyor assembly, using it at his enterprise.
The conveyor mode of operation existed before that, but it was Ford who first used it in the technical industry.
Due to the availability of Ford cars, the brand was gaining popularity at an unprecedented speed, and therefore a conveyor assembly was required, which allowed to increase the speed of creating a new car several times.
A few numbers: the Ford T car cost $ 800 against $ 1200 the prices of competitors, and $ 1200 is the minimum cost, sometimes prices reached the $ 2500 mark.
At that time, the average salary of a worker was$ 100, and the price difference of several hundred dollars was very noticeable.
Thanks to the price and quality, the Ford T has occupied a solid market niche of 50 (!) percent!
The popular Ford T, which conquered 50% of the car market
After the successful introduction of conveyor assembly (separation of operations between workers), Henry created another "chip" - raised the conveyor to the belt level, which greatly facilitated the work.
Also, it was at the Ford Motors Company enterprise that a variety of lifts and hooks on chains were used for the first time above the conveyor line, to facilitate the movement of heavy engines and chassis elements.
For the first time in the world, Henry Ford set a minimum wage at his enterprise -$ 5 a day, which at that time was not bad enough.
The only condition was the correct distribution of money to employees - he bought the necessary things and supported the family.
As soon as Ford found out that an employee was drinking his salary, he fired the drunk.
Also, Henry reduced the working week to 40 hours, and launched his factory to work in 3 shifts of 8 hours each, instead of the usual two shifts of 9 hours at that time.
Henry Ford maintained business relations with many countries, and it is no secret that the GAZ plant in the USSR was built under a contract obliging the purchase of cars from the Ford Motors Company in the amount of $ 4 million (article about the US dollar).
In return, the USSR could send workers to the plant in Detroit for training, as well as use the methods of organizing Henry Ford's factories.
Henry Ford Public Life
Henry Ford was an adherent of a healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition.
He has written several books that have been translated into many languages of the world, including Russian.
Books by Henry Ford:
"My life, my achievements" (My Life and Work), 1922
A good book, especially interesting for an entrepreneur
"Today and Tomorrow" (Today and Tomorrow), 1926
"Moving Forward "(Moving Forward), 1931
A great innovator, a talented mechanic, a man with an indomitable will, a successful businessman, an excellent manager...the first motorist and the first person with a license is Henry Ford.
PS Make no mistake, it is correct to write Henry Ford.
Not Genry Ford.
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Artur (17.09.2012 at 20:41) wrote:
I read a book, I advise you.
A great man
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serg (12.06.2013 at 08:56) wrote:
I canot find the book "Moving Forward" (Moving Forward), 1931, but is there any at all?
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admin (25.03.2014 at 19:28) wrote:
Serg, it is there, but it was not published in Russian.
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Kate (05.10.2013 at 10:37) wrote:
The first two commentators verbalize the truth:)
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Lora (05.10.2013 at 14:06) wrote:
Thank you so much for the info.
Respect and respect to the author.
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