A Car Is Born

Super cool vintage assembly line video. I know. It's Ford, but I thought it was still cool. Narrated by none other then Frank Cannon hisself. lol

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Good stuff......that is so cool. Its really a wonder they can put so many cars together in such a short time with the massive amount of parts involved.

Glad you liked it Rani. I posted it with you in mind.

RaniDart70 said:

Its really a wonder they can put so many cars together in such a short time with the massive amount of parts involved.

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Yes, it is.


It takes lots of planning and coordination. You have to study how much time it takes for each part and when they need to be assembled, then "balance" the work load between all of the line operators.

The Industrial Engineers (IE's) are the ones who are responsible to time how long it takes to put each part on. They time the operators to see how long it takes. The operators try to slow down when they notice that the IE's are timing them (obvious when they have stop watches) so they don't get more work added to their station. The IE's try to hide behind poles, boxes, etc to catch the operators by surprise, so that they are working at normal speed instead of stalling/milking it. The joke between the engineers is that a good IE can count with their toe, by tapping it in their shoe so the operators don't realize that they are being timed....


It's a cat-and-mouse game that goes on in the industry.

makes me wish I would have followed my dream and gone to engineering school to become a product planner like they discussed in the video .....but my dad picked my major and I had to what he said.

That would be so cool to build clay mock ups and drawings of door panels and trim items. That seems like a job that would be a dream come true and then on top of it.....they pay you.

It's funny too. I bet that particular Ford plant does not even exist anymore.

RaniDart70 said:

makes me wish I would have followed my dream and gone to engineering school to become a product planner like they discussed in the video .....but my dad picked my major and I had to what he said.

That would be so cool to build clay mock ups and drawings of door panels and trim items. That seems like a job that would be a dream come true and then on top of it.....they pay you.

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So DO it! Not every engineering job requires an engineering degree. There are qualifications and then there are credentials. Some people have one but not the other. Anyone who has rebuilt her own car, taken calculus and taught math has qualifications. And sometimes any degree counts for credentials. It's a matter of translating what you've got into the job you want.

Cool video. Thanks for posting.