... repeatedly cut prices and boost quality at the same time? His ingenuity took the assembly line method of production to new heights of productivity and efficiency, but he shook the industrial world to its foundations with an amazing gamble: he doubled wages and reduced working hours. "The payment of five dollars ... without the assembly line and the five-dollar a day wage, the affordability of the Model T would not be accomplished. Many of Ford's great accomplishments had changed the whole entire lifestyle of America and made it into what we know today. History of the Automotive Industry...

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