Car Assembly Lines

The car assembly line was developed by Ford Motor Company between 1908 and 1915. It made assembly lines famous in the following decade through the social ramifications of mass production, such as the affordability of the Ford Model T and the introduction of high wages for Ford workers.



Henry Ford was the first to master the moving assembly line and was able to improve other aspects of industry by doing so (such as reducing labor hours required to produce a single vehicle, and increased production numbers and parts).

After watching both of the following video links: -
Ford Model T - which shows the old assembly line for making cars.
and New BMW 5 Series Sedan - which shows a modern version of a car assembly line.
I couldn't help but notice that the second one (the BMW assembly line) was missing people. The car assembly line was run by machines, whereas the old Ford assembly line showed people assembling the new cars from start to finish. This shows how much technology has changed how people run their factories. They are able to rely on machine power rather than people power, which is probably the more cost effective and reliable way to run a factory.