... degree of specialization. This task specialization lead to the introduction of the assembly line. The costs of moving material from one operator to another were getting higher. For this reason, Henry Ford decided the automate the material-handling task by introducing the assembly line, and by doing this he reduced the cost in 1990 from $12,000 to $2,100. As products became ... ...

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... the difficulties that managers face as he or she creates meaningful rewards and incentives is remaining creative. As Jennifer Dobbin, president of sales and development at S&H Citadel Inc., says "When Henry Ford first built the car he said he could produce the car in any color and people would buy it. Today they are producing cars with stuff we didn't even know ... ...

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