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In today’s world of manufacturing, growth and profits are looked at  much differently than 100 years ago. Like many things of the past, today  is more about competition. Sure, a century ago, all companies worried  about profits and making money. In today’s world, it is more about what  the other guy is doing. It is all about investment and the future. One  wrong step or misinformation can cost a company billions.

For most employees, tomorrow and beyond are part of the unknown world  of progress and profits. Here is part of a recent article about Ford  Motors. Interesting and all about the world of manufacturing today!

History of the Ford Motor Company.

In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T. Earlier models were produced  at a rate of only a few a day at a rented factory on Mack Avenue in  Detroit, Michigan and later at the Piquette Avenue Plant (the first  company-owned factory), with groups of two or three men working on each  car from components made to order by other companies (what would come to  be called an “assembled car”). Employee turnover was a big problem  because of long hours and hard work for little money.

In January 1914, Ford solved the employee turnover problem by doubling  pay to $5 a day cutting shifts from nine hours to an eight-hour day for a  5-day work week (which also increased sales; a line worker could buy a T  with less than four months’ pay), and instituting hiring practices that  identified the best workers, including disabled people considered  unemployable by other firms. Employee turnover plunged, productivity  soared, and with it, the cost per vehicle plummeted. Ford cut prices  again and again and invented the system of franchised dealers who were  loyal to his brand name. Wall Street had criticized Ford’s generous  labor practices when he began paying workers enough to buy the products  they made.

By the end of 1919, Ford was producing 50 percent of all cars in the  United States, and 40% of all British ones; by 1920, half of all cars in  the U.S. were Model Ts. (The low price also killed the cyclecar in the  U.S.) The assembly line transformed the industry; soon, companies  without it risked bankruptcy. Of 200 U.S. car makers in 1920, only 17  were left in 1940. This was due to poor planning and the high cost of  production.

More information can be found at Wiki.

A face to face job interview is often the second or third stage.  Searching for and applying for a new job opportunity are often the first  and second stages. If you are lucky enough to sit with an HR director  or manager, your chances of getting the job are very good.

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