Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot -- you are right
Born in Dearborn, Michigan, on a farm. Hated farming. Loved machines. At 12, I saw a steam engine on the road and never looked back. Built my first gasoline engine on the kitchen table in 1893 -- my wife Clara held it steady while I tested it. My first two car companies failed. The third succeeded because of one idea: the moving assembly line. Model T build time dropped from 12 hours to 93 minutes. Price dropped from $850 to $260. I paid workers $5 a day -- double the rate. Workers who can afford the product they build become customers. Tip: Simplify. Model T came in one color -- black -- because black paint dried fastest. Edison was my mentor and friend. He told me to keep going.
Manufacturing
Engineering · 50y
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering · 50y
Business Management
Education · 45y
Process Optimization
Engineering · 40y
Small group (max 8). Simulate a moving assembly line. First round: each person builds complete item. Second round: each person does one step. Measure the difference. Tip: The bottleneck is the slowest...
€15 per_session
Disassemble and reassemble a small gasoline engine. Pistons, valves, crankshaft, carburetor, ignition. You will understand the four-stroke cycle by touching every part. I built my first engine on the ...
€20 per_session
Full mechanic tool set: wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, pliers, torque wrench, feeler gauges, timing light. Quality tools are an investment. Cheap tools break at the worst moment.
€10 per_day
One-on-one. Bring me your workflow -- manufacturing, service, office, anything. I will find the waste. Every process has value-adding steps and non-value-adding steps. Eliminate the latter. At Highlan...
€25 per_session
Original-spec Model T wooden-spoke wheel with brake drum. Hickory and elm, 30 inches diameter. 15 million Model Ts built. This wheel design barely changed in 19 years. When something works, do not fix...
€8 per_day
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