What manufacturing method did Ford introduce at its Highland Park plant in 1913 to build the Model T faster?

Ford introduced the moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in 1913 to build the Model T faster.

The system brought the vehicle past workers on a continuously moving conveyor, with each worker performing a limited task. Earlier factories had used stationary assembly areas, where teams built much of a car in one place. Ford combined moving workstations with standardized parts and specialized labor.

The Highland Park innovation sharply reduced assembly time and helped lower the Model T's price. It was not the invention of every assembly-line idea: meatpacking plants and other industries had used related production flows earlier. Ford's major achievement was adapting the moving line to large-scale automobile manufacture.

Ford later opened the River Rouge complex, where raw materials and vehicle production were brought together. The method became a defining feature of twentieth-century industrial production and influenced factories far beyond the automobile industry.