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Mass Production (Assembly Line)

Ford's assembly line cuts Model T assembly from 12.5 hours to 93 minutes and makes cars affordable.

Building on slaughterhouses, armories and individual electric drives, Henry Ford introduced the moving assembly line at Highland Park in December 1913. Chassis assembly time fell from about 12.5 hours to roughly 93 minutes, and the Model T's price dropped from 850 dollars (1908) to under 300 dollars in the 1920s. The principle shapes almost all manufacturing, from electronics to food.