Henry Ford (1863-1947)

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Henry Ford (1863-1947) is a person.

  • Context:
    • They can typically be born to William Ford and Mary Ford (née Litogot).
    • They can typically possess Birth Date of July 30, 1863 in Greenfield Township, Michigan.
    • They can typically belong to Irish-American Family descended from County Cork Immigrants.
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    • They can range from being a Farm Boy to being an Industrial Magnate, depending on the historical period.
    • They can range from being a Mechanical Tinkerer to being a Mass Production Pioneer, based on technological evolution.
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    • They can be known for Henry Ford Publications, such as: "My Life and Work" (1922), "The International Jew" (1920-1922).
    • They can be known for Henry Ford Quotes, such as:
      • "I will build a motor car for the great multitude...so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one—and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces." (1913) which reveals his philosophy of creating affordable transportation for the masses rather than luxury items for the few.
      • "If you find out what men want and give them that, you are pleasing them. If you find out what is good for them and give them that, you are performing a service." (1914) which captures his distinction between customer wants and actual needs.
      • "The Model T car was a pioneer. There was no conscious public need of motor cars when we first made it." (1927) which acknowledges that his innovation preceded public awareness of their need for automobiles.
      • "An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation." which emphasizes original thinking over following conventional customer demands.
      • "The most dangerous notion a young man can acquire is that there is no more room for originality. There is no large room for anything else." (1924) which demonstrates his belief in innovation beyond existing expectations.
      • "Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless thing." which advocates for revolutionary thinking rather than incremental improvements.
      • "It's not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It's the customer who pays the wages." which shows his understanding of the primacy of customer value while maintaining that businesses must lead in defining that value.
      • "A manufacturer is not through with his customer when a sale is completed. He has then only started with his customer." which emphasizes ongoing service relationships rather than one-time transactions.
      • "Profits made out of the distress of the people are always much smaller than profits made out of the most lavish service of the people at the lowest prices that competent management can make possible." which reflects his belief that true profits come from serving customers' underlying needs.
      • "Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it." which demonstrates his commitment to continuous improvement and adaptation.
      • "The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all but goes on making his own business better all the time." which emphasizes internal focus on improvement over external competition.
      • "Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die." which underscores the importance of continuous innovation and evolution.
      • "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right." which emphasizes the power of mindset and self-belief in achieving success.
      • "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." which illustrates his approach to standardization and mass production efficiency.
      • "History is more or less bunk." which reflects his forward-looking philosophy and focus on innovation over tradition.
      • "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." which captures his understanding of teamwork and organizational development.
      • "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." which demonstrates his pragmatic approach to setbacks and continuous improvement.
      • "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." which emphasizes the importance of learning from experience.
      • "Quality means doing it right when no one is looking." which underscores his commitment to excellence and integrity in manufacturing.
      • "A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business." which reflects his broader vision of business responsibility beyond profit.
      • "Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain." which illustrates his solution-oriented approach to problem-solving.
      • "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." which captures his philosophy of breaking down complex tasks, fundamental to assembly line production.
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  • See: Ford Motor Company, Assembly Line, Model T, Mass Production, Fordism, Five Dollar Day, Dearborn, Michigan, Highland Park Plant, River Rouge Complex, Scientific Management.
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