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    Profession 06-85-118-02 Due Date: Sept 29 2015 The Assembly Line Revolutionizes Manufacturing Worldwide Prior to the industrial revolution, products were built by either a craftsman or a group of craftsmen. They would start by using tools like knives to create the individual parts of the product. Then they would have to combine each part to form the final product while making cuts to adjust the parts so they could fit and work together. This process of production was very time consuming and it required

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    Have you ever thought about what life would be like without the invention of the production line? One person was able to change history by mass producing cars. Henry Ford's childhood were spent farming fixing clocks. As an adult went on to be a successful businessman and accomplish great strides with his invention of the assembly line. Let's take a look at Henry Ford's childhood. Henry Ford was born july 30 1863 in dearborn michigan to Mary and William Ford. He showed great leadership skills at

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    3-2 Assignment 1 Milestone 1 Submission Writing Plan Draft When I revisited “Some Lessons from the Assembly Line”, the author 's goal has changed for me. It has expanded and became broader. Because I see now that the author is trying to show the readers, the lessons he learned while working his summers away on the factory floor. Adjacent to that propose the author wanted to show the readers the different ways he learned the lessons, which made him appreciate his opportunity to go to college. My evidence

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    "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line", the author Andrew Braaksma, is identifying an alternative to higher education.  His work at the factory teaches him that people grossly underestimate the value of their time and education. While doing this he is not dismissing the value that the assembly/production line and factory adds to the world but instead acknowledging the privilege of engaging in and getting the most out of a higher education. In "Some Lessons From The Assembly Line", the author is acknowledging

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    Ford who was a famous industrial pioneer during the early industrial era. According to the film, one of the Henry Ford’s greatest industrial inventions was assembly line for mass production. Assembly line is a tool many manufacturing industries use to allow the product come to a person instead of forcing a person to move around. The assembly line is a manufacturing process which move products from workstation to next workstation where parts are added in sequence until the final module or product is

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    In his article, “Some Lessons From The Assembly Line” Braaksma (2005) asserts that the typical college student feels that their college education should be tailored to their sensibilities for scheduling as well as the expectation of outputs. Not knowing how easily one’s fortunes can be reversed, Braaksma’s peers moved through their education with the belief they were above the daily struggles commonly seen in the blue-collar workforce. Instead of learning the value of hard work, the modern attitude

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    Henry Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line. What he did, more than any other single individual, was have the creativity to transform the automobile from an invention of unknown utility into an innovation that profoundly shaped the 20th century and continues to affect our lives today (https://www.history.com/topics/henry-ford) Opportunities When Henry Ford decided to build automobiles, he began to create his own opportunities, he didn’t think of how cars are manufactured. He thought

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    In Some Lessons From The Assembly Line, Andrew Braaksma explains to his audience to importance of working hard. His comparisons in this article are comprised of working in a factory doing manual labor and going to college to further his education. Braaksma explains the importance of furthering your education to acquire better employment, he talks about his life before college and during college as he works in factories and the lessons he learns from working hard. Braaksma's goal to his audience is

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    The assembly line was introduced during the industrial revolution: transforming manufacturing and allowing technology to flourish. Although this procedure is useful when dealing with machines, it can be detrimental in more human-centered careers - namingly medicine, in which the most effective treatments are those which are tailored to the individual. However, assembly-line medicine has been increasingly implemented into the medical field today. Rather than tailored treatments, a one-size-fits-all

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    Ford's assembly line and Model T Henry Ford's assembly line and his automobile, the Model T, revolutionized manufacturing and the development of today's automobiles and engines. The assembly line and Model T caused American industry to expand and also ushered a new American lifestyle. The interest Ford had for mechanical and motorized machines started at an early age. He was born on July 30, 1863 on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford had five siblings, and his parents raised them all to be disciplined

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