Assembly line celebrates its 100th anniversary. Open Gallery. A mere century ago, on Oct. 7, 1913, Henry Ford rigged up a rope tow to get Model T chassis across the floor of his Highland Park ...

The magic is in how everything works together. As a basic chassis rolls down the assembly line, three components are placed on top and stuck together. The robotic arms do this with careful ...

The assembly-line idea coincided with a rising interest in what was called “scientific management” espoused by several proponents, including time-and-motion guru Frederick Taylor in his 1911 ...

Tesla Inc. has a plan to fend off cheaper competition from China with a $25,000 electric car. But first it has to overhaul a 100-year-old manufacturing process pioneered by Henry Ford.

Say what you will about the industrial age assembly line, but there’s no denying one fact: It was crazy effective. All of this made it easy for managers to optimize the assembly process. For ...

Keeping the assembly line healthy means keeping the on the job motions within the ergonomic window -- the range of body movement in which a worker can safely operate. As a basis for workstation ...

How Did Classic Car Assembly Lines Work in the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s? We look at some cool GM assembly line shots from the past to see how our classics and hot rods were first built.

Honda Revolutionizes the Assembly Line, by turning Henry Ford's idea on its head. ... But Honda is making intriguing alterations to this basic formula in the manufacturing of its iconic Civic.