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密西根州的「汽車城市」：底特律
您知道為什麼底特律又名汽車城市嗎？
世人早已將底特律視為美國汽車工業的歷史重心，底特律獲得汽車城市此一綽號。密西根州的汽車工業提供了一個可供量產的模式，而後，其他各行業也隨之採用此法生產。亨利福特首創以生產線來生產汽車。使用傳輸帶，工廠工人快速地將不同的零件組裝在一起，而且成本相當廉價，就像機械性的智力競賽。福特的Model-T是第一台以此種方式生產出來的車型，而且它的組裝速度比以前快，誤差率也較之前低。您知道為什麼嗎？
在組裝線工作的每位工人，只需負責對每台車做同一件事。舉例來看，某人也許只要負責裝上後視鏡。而這人重覆此一動作無數次，他或她成為裝後視鏡的專家，並能夠以極快的速度做這個工作。
Do you know why Detroit is known as "Motor City?"
Long recognized as the historic heart of the American automotive industry, Detroit took on the nickname "Motor City." The state's automotive industry provided the model for mass production that other industries later adopted. Henry Ford pioneered the use of the assembly line in manufacturing automobiles. Using conveyor belts, factory workers put different parts together quickly and relatively inexpensively -- like a mechanical puzzle. Ford's Model-T was the first car produced in this fashion, and it could be assembled more quickly and consistently than had ever been possible before. Do you know why?
Each person who works on an assembly line is responsible for doing the same job on each car. For example, someone might be responsible only for attaching the rearview mirror. This person would do the task so many times that he or she would become an expert at it and be able to do it very quickly.
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