Mass production depends on the invention of assembly line, which makes works go to workers, rather than workers go to works. Assembly line spreads through a large part of industries and bringing gains in productions. With the spread and development of assembly line, many large-scale manufacturers have part or whole products assembled in developing countries for low production costs.
Fordism’s impact as a production method was immeasurable. The famous Model T in Ford Motor Company appeared in 1908, which was the lowest-priced car on the market until it was replaced by the Model A in 1927. Williams et al. (1992) examined the profits increased significantly between 1909 and 1916, the production of Model T increased from 14,000 to 600,000, the profits increase $56 million, with Ford’s market share of the cheap car market rising to over 90%. Ford’s goals were a cheap, efficient car available to millions and a wage policy permitting his employees to buy industrial products.
Ford also considered the behaviour of the workers outside as well as inside the factory. Assembly line work is unpleasant it is physically demanding, requires high levels of concentration, and can be excruciatingly boring. Therefore the 8-hour $5 a day deal is created of ford’s Sociology Department (Beynon, 1975), which was nearly double the average wage. As a consequence, Ford experience very high labour turnover, 380% in 1913.
福特主义的生产方法的影响是不可估量的。著名的福特汽车公司的T型车出现在1908年，这是市场上价格最低的汽车，直到它被替换了1927年的A型。 Williams等人。 （1992）研究了从1909年到1916年的利润增长显着，生产的T型车从14,000到600,000增加，利润增加5600万美元，福特的市场份额上升到90％以上的低价车市场。福特的目标是一种廉价，高效的汽车提供数以百万计的工资政策，允许他的员工购买工业产品。