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Thinking of some of the pictures of Henry Ford's early assembly lines, and also some of the vids I've seen of assembly lines from like the '60s & '70s.... I noticed that LACK of employees (aka: HUMANS) during the current processes -vs- the "old way" of the assembly lines.
It is cool to see, I design the conveyor equipment for these plants and it's always interesting to visit during production. I will be visiting a Nissan plant next week.
Interesting point. To analyze that, I guess you’d have to have some statistics: how many units were produced per day, now as opposed to then. I’m sure the “worker to vehicle” ratio was higher then, but is the overall worker volume higher now? I’m all for having jobs on the market, but how many workers would it take to replace those automated machines? Does this free up workers for other tasks that require higher skills or greater dexterity? And at the end of the day, a company has to be efficient in order to compete in the global marketplace. I’m not picking sides, just posing questions that come to mind. I wonder about these sort of things, before passing judgment.
Originally Posted by JoeinGa
Thinking of some of the pictures of Henry Ford's early assembly lines, and also some of the vids I've seen of assembly lines from like the '60s & '70s.... I noticed that LACK of employees (aka: HUMANS) during the current processes -vs- the "old way" of the assembly lines.
Interesting point. To analyze that, I guess you’d have to have some statistics: how many units were produced per day, now as opposed to then. I’m sure the “worker to vehicle” ratio was higher then, but is the overall worker volume higher now? I’m all for having jobs on the market, but how many workers would it take to replace those automated machines? Does this free up workers for other tasks that require higher skills or greater dexterity? And at the end of the day, a company has to be efficient in order to compete in the global marketplace. I’m not picking sides, just posing questions that come to mind. I wonder about these sort of things, before passing judgment.
It's also important to remember that many of those manual jobs were automated due to health and safety.
If you are ever in Dearborn, the factory tour is really cool. Not as detailed as that video, but you do get to see a lot for $18. The Henry Ford Museum is also cool to see.
03-06-2019, 11:41 PM
