Which company introduced the moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in 1913?

Ford Motor Company introduced the moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in 1913.

Ford adapted moving-line production to automobile manufacturing, allowing workers and parts to move through a sequence of specialized tasks. The method dramatically reduced the time needed to assemble a Model T and helped lower its price for consumers.

The Highland Park plant in Michigan became a landmark of industrial production. Ford had used specialized and interchangeable production methods before 1913, but the continuously moving assembly line represented a major advance in coordinating the entire process.

The assembly line is often attributed solely to Henry Ford, although Ford’s production system drew on ideas developed by engineers and industrial pioneers, including Frederick Winslow Taylor and methods used in meatpacking. Ford did not invent mass production itself; it made automobile mass production exceptionally efficient and influential.