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Invention of mass production of automobile how and why Henry Ford did it ??
And why Detroit ??
Detroit
Detroit Skyline
Ford Beginnings
Henry Ford
Worked as an engineer in
Michigan car company
Birth of Model T
Model T
Ford Factories
No organization
No specific duties
No line of succession
No authority
FORD
AND
THE DETROIT ELITE
Alfred P Sloan
Bought in components
Closed cars
Annual models
EUROPEANS VS AMERICANS???
EUROPEANS
Larger skilled
workforce
Technical perfection
Market wasn't big
enough
AMERICANS
Unskilled labor
Standardized designs
Better tools
Natural resources
Transportation
Machine tools
Assembly line
SO WHY DETROIT??
DETROIT TODAY
Shuttering of factories
Great recession
THANK YOU :)