Ford was inspired by the meat-packing houses of Chicago and a grain mill conveyor belt he had seen. If he brought the work to the workers, they spent less time moving about. Then he divided the ...

The hybrid program is all well and good, but Flint thinks that Ford's new Americas honcho, Mark Fields, needs to move fast on the mainstream new product front if Ford is going to compete with the ...

Ford Motor Co. celebrated the 100th anniversary of the moving assembly line this week at its Wayne Assembly plant by setting new goals for global manufacturing, and promising the next few years ...