Alfred Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. was born in May 1875 in New Haven, Connecticut, as the first of five children to Alfred P. Sloan, Sr. and Katherine Sloan. In 1885, he moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York. Once there, Alfred became known for his academic prowess in public schools and at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (Who Was Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.?, 2014). After initial delays in acceptance to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he went on to receive his Electrical Engineering degree in 1892.
After graduation, Alfred began working in a small machine shop in Newark, New Jersey, called the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company. During his time as an employee, Alfred looked for a way to improve the company share and was able to convince the company to begin manufacturing antifriction bearings for automobiles. In 1899, at the age of 24, Alfred Sloan became president of Hyatt Roller Bearing Company and assumed responsibility for all aspects of the business. Under his leadership and direction, Hyatt grew rapidly and the company’s bearings became the standard for the automobile industry. In fact, Oldsmobile was the first automotive customer for Hyatt, with other manufacturers soon following. In 1916, Hyatt Roller Bearing Company along with other automotive manufacturers, merged with United Motors Corporation. Alfred Sloan, Jr. was appointed president of the newly formed entity. After two years of continued growth, United Motors merged with General Motors Company to form General Motors Corporation. Again, Alfred assumed a leadership role with the merge, becoming Vice President in Charge of Accessories and serving as a member of the Executive Committee. His success in the company continued and he became President of...
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Of the two styles, I believe that Henry Ford’s is the more successful and lasting of the two. He had the ability to build upon his failures and never lost sight of the bigger picture.
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The first he made was the Chronicle Cotton Mills was the first to install in a hospital. More businesses came to Buffalo Forge for air conditioners. Companies that made cloth wanted Willis Carrier’s air conditioners to keep their cloth from shrinking. In 1907, many people wanted air conditioners installed in their home. So Buffalo Forge the company Willis worker for, created a new company. They made Willis Carrier vice president. Willis Carrier worked hard to build air conditioners. Sadly, his wife passed away in 1912 at that time. The company was a small part of the Buffalo Company, Willis took some workers and his ideas, and created a new company, and in 1915 Carrier created the Carrier Engineering Corporation. The Carrier company actually helped hockey players play their games by keeping the ice cool. It helped his business, and it helped him stay successful. The “centrifugal chiller” was a smaller, powerful, old machine. A man came up with a new idea invention to fan cool rooms. Carrier’s company helped the war world II by air conditioning factories that made food for the
In the early twentieth century, a prominent Michigan businessman fathered the American automobile industry. This innovative engineer and machinist revolutionized the world’s manufacturing techniques with the advent of the “moving assembly line” technique for mass production. Henry Ford’s innovations will forever change transportation and the American industry. With his acquired wealth and power, Ford turned his head towards politics. In 1918 Ford became the leading candidate for a Michigan senate seat; however he was unable to achieve this goal.
Henry Ford was a captain of industry. He owned Ford Motors, which was an automobile company. Ford was a man who always wanted his own way and he got it most of the time. The creation he is most famous for is the FORD MODEL T, the car for the commoners. His car became an instant hit amongst the people- the local people and the working class of people because it was very affordable and was not just for the rich. Ford was a very successful businessman but not particularly a nice guy. He expected a lot from his workers but thing is that he also cared for his workers, because he knew that not only were they dependent on him but also that he depended upon them, they were the ones due to which he was gaining popularity and success throughout America. Ford’s great strength was the manufacturing process for his cars. Instead of having people put together the entire car he created organized teams that added parts to the Model T as it moved down the assembly line, this lowered the production prices and also the time and energy required to put together the cars.
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John Ford was an American motion-picture director. Winner of four Academy Awards, and is known as one of America’s great film directors. He began his career in the film industry around 1913. According to Ellis, Ford’s style is evident in both the themes he is drawn toward and the visual treatment of those themes, in his direction of the camera and in what’s in front of it. Although he began his career in the silent film area and continued to work fruitfully for decades after the thirties, Ford reached creative maturity in the thirties. Ford, unlike other directors continued to do some of his finest work after the nineteen thirties. Nevertheless, he shaped his art into personal and full expression during those precedent-setting years. (Pg.200)
Henry’s father’s name was William. Henry was named after William’s brother. William married Mary Litogot O’Hern in 1861; who was Henry’s mother. Mary’s first child died at birth in 1862. Her next pregnancy, and her first born, included the “ born mechanic”, Henry Ford (Collier 21). When Mary ford became pregnant for the ninth time, she became sick and died a few days later. At the time, Henry Ford was twelve. Without his mother, “the house was like a watch without a mainspring” (Harris 10).
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On May 1, 1954, Nash and Hudson joined, forming American Motors. (Foster 11) Mason was named chairman of the board, president, chief executive officer, and general manager. His assistant George Romney was named vice president, and Barrit became a director of the company.
Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry with the assembly line invention; this new factory idea came from him observing the continuous-process production. “The most significant piece of Ford's efficiency crusade was the assembly line. Inspired by the continuous-flow production methods used by flour mills, brewer...
The automobile changed American life, but the process was gradual. Though historians argue the date and inventor of the first automobile, we can say that Henry Ford’s creation of his Ford Motor Company in 1903 marked perhaps the major milestone of the early twentieth century automobile industry in America and around the world. Five years after the company’s inception, Ford’s legendary Model T of 1908 would revolutionize transportation and the world economy. Before the Model T, automobiles in the US were associated with only the wealthier class. Ford sought to make cars available to every American. His cars would assume the general build that continues to characterize automobiles today, and his innovation and system of production would make him a legend.[i] The automobile led to an extremely advanced system of roads and contributed to an American mentality of freedom to move.[ii] Early drivers saw both benefits and difficulties as the automobile became the standard American mode of transportation.
When Henry Ford was born on June 30th, 1863, neither him nor anyone for that matter, knew what an important role he would take in the future of mankind. Ford saw his first car when he was 12. He and his father where riding into Detroit at the time. At that moment, he knew what he wanted to do with his life: he wanted to make a difference in the automobile industry. Through out his life, he achieved this in an extraordinary way. That is why he will always be remembered in everyone’s heart. Whenever you drive down the road in your car, you can thank all of it to Henry Ford. Through his life he accomplished extraordinary achievements such as going from a poor farm boy to a wealthy inventor who helped Thomas Edison. When he was a young man, he figured out how to use simple inventions, such as the light bulb. He then taught himself the design of a steamboat engine. His goal was to build a horse-less carriage. He had come up with several designs and in 1896, he produced his first car, the Model A. When Ford’s first car came out, he had been interviewed by a reporter and when asked about the history of the car, he had said “History is more or less bunk.” Ford worked in Thomas Edison’s factory for years and the left to become an apprentice for a car-producer in Detroit. While working there, he established how he was going to make the car.
Comparisons that can be made include Fordism's mechanisation of mass production and Taylor's attempts at using employees as machines. Taylor designed this using his principles of management that included developing a science for each element of work and finding the quickest way the job could be done.
When you look at the history of General Motors, you will find a long, rich heritage. General Motors came into existence in 1908 when it was founded by William "Billy" Durant. At that time Buick Motor Company was a member of GM. over the years GM would acquire more than 20 companies, to include Opel, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile. By the 1960's through 1979 was known as a revolution period for General Motors. Everyone was focusing on environmental concerns, increased prices of gasoline lead to the unprecedented downsizing of vehicles. The smaller cars lead to one the largest re-engineering program ever taken in the industry. By 1973, General Motors was the first to offer an air bag in a production car.
Henry Ford began a family automobile business in 1903; this was during the industrial revolution. This business has become the most famous automobile brand in the world. Over the years the business structure had adapted to changes in leadership, markets trends and the economic conditions. The Ford family still controls the company through multiple voting shares, even though it owns a much lower proportion of the equity