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News Release from: American Technical Publishers | Subject: Today and Tomorrow
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 February 2003
Thinking that changed the course of
industry
Written by the world's most famous automaker, Henry Ford, "Today and Tomorrow" reveals the thinking that changed industry forever.
Productivity Press presents the commemorative edition of Henry Ford's 1926 classic, Today and Tomorrow This book has been republished in honour of the Ford Motor Company's 100th anniversary
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Written by the world's most famous automaker, Henry Ford, this book reveals the thinking that changed industry forever.
It chronicles Ford's progressive vision, a vision that is just as progressive today as it was 100 years ago.
Ford's credo of using low-cost, high-quality production to win market share inspired the Japanese to do the same and is the foundation of what we call lean manufacturing.
Taiichi Ohno, chief architect of the Toyota Production System and creator of Just-in-Time manufacturing, freely acknowledged that a key stimulus to JIT was his close reading of Ford.
In Today and Tomorrow, Ford discusses money, power, and big business; work standards, time, and motion; learning from waste; wage hours and employee motivation; and the power of education.
Ford shares how he doubled wages, cut the price of a car in half, and produced two million units a year.
Ford also achieved the unthinkable, even today, moving from iron ore to the finished machine in the freight car in only three days and nine hours.
This commemorative edition features a new introduction by James J Padilla, Group Vice President North America for Ford Motor Company and a new selection of photographs to better illustrate the many operations Henry Ford describes in the text.
Manufacturers and car enthusiasts alike will be enlightened and intrigued by this personal approach to the automotive industry and manufacturing.
Today and Tomorrow is available from American Technical Publishers at GBP 23.00.
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