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PLANNING FOR MASS PRODUCTION
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Henry Ford - the father of modern mass production
An early Ford vehicle
Planning the production of your possible design, is an important aspect of the design process.
Automotive assembly line flow chart
Planning, will show the examiner that you have considered how your solution will be made on a mass production line, with a labour force. A mass production line is a method of manufacturing thousands of your final solution/product, in a factory.
The labour force is the people/workers who will assemble it. At the beginning of the century, the first mass production line was set up in the USA. The Ford Motor Company set up a ‘line’ of workers who put together each 'Model T' car.
The production line was composed of hundreds of people, each doing only one job. When you plan your production line, you need to keep each stage of manufac