Posted on 08/06/2013 12:26:15 AM PDT by Windflier
An amazing video of American industrial prowess, prior to WWII.
Henry Ford had engines or transmissions shipped to his assembly lines in wooden crates. He had the makers cut odd holes in the crates. After they took out the part, he used parts of the crate for the floor boards in the car. Genius.
And now part time American workers make McBurgers or stock shelves with Chinese products at WalMart
Check out this one, instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXOkWuSCkRI
Machines should work. Humans should THINK.
Not just assembling, they were MAKING parts too
FYI - IIRC Watson, Sr., took “THINK” from NCR where he worked prior to establishing IBM. [Still have my “THINK” sign (in English) on my desk next to my piece of TRINTITE.]
THINK is to working as trinitite is to killin' (today being the sixth of August) — less input, more output. It's all about productivity, you know.
Apparently, the motto dates all the way back to December 1911 — 102 years ago real soon now.
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Fascinating - and a bit sad. Was this in Detroit?
Consider for a moment how you might have felt after doing one of these jobs for 8 hours. They worked hard physically as well as a level of mental anguish not seen today. This is why the unions were able to organize and challenge leadership for more of the pie. But as things got easier the unions could only see greed and didn’t know when to stop. Thanks for posting this video...it is exceptional.
Interesting to see such a high level of automation on the assembly line over 70 years ago.
It depends on the person. I could do that work all day while thinking about other things. That's the only way to approach assembly-line work. If I tried to focus on the work I would go crazy (and join a union).
For comparison here is a video from Wired of the Tesla manufacturing facility now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_lfxPI5ObM&feature=share&list=UUftwRNsjfRo08xYE31tkiyw
They sell enough to justify a assembly line and plant?
in the past 12 months I have seen 2.
And now part time American workers make McBurgers or stock shelves with Chinese products at WalMart
I’ve seen dozens around Atlanta. Company guidance is for 21,000 Model S units shipped this year. They shipped 4,900 in 1Q13. Fantastic car and a very innovative company.
We really need as Americans to start to focus on American jobs.
Which means jobs in America.
For an entire generation, “our” companies have gone elsewhere.
I say enough. We need true Americans manufacturing and jobs.
Bring back US jobs.
Now.
Those are Chevrolets.
New auto manufacturing facilities in the US over the last few years:
Tesla - Fremont, Ca
Kia - West Point, Ga
BMW - Greer, SC
Hyundai - Montogmery, Al
Mercedes - Vance, Al
Volkswagen - Chattanooga, Tn
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