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employees who are on pace to make about 6 million vehicles worldwide this year, said John Fleming, Ford\'s head of global manufacturing, Fleming was at the Michigan Assembly Plant on Monday for an event marking the 100th anniversary of the moving assembly line。[url=http://www.rolexwatchkopi.info title=ロレックス 偽物]ロレックス 偽物[/url] On Oct。高級腕時計 7, 1913, Ford simplified assembly of the Ford Model T\'s 3,000 parts by breaking it into 84 distinct steps performed by groups of workers as a rope pulled the chassis down the line。 Assembly time for a Model T went from 12 hours to about 90 minutes。 Obviously, that process has grown exponentially more complex as the parts and variety of vehicles continues to evolve。[url=http://www.buyrolexsale.info title=コピー腕時計]コピー腕時計[/url] To add another 2 million vehicles requires even more consolidation of the underbody structures from 15 to nine core platforms, from which Ford will build 85 percent of the vehicles it sells worldwide。ロレックス コピー Ford plans to introduce 114 new or updated models over the next five years, Fleming said。 That means flexible tooling and advance manufacturing processes including virtual engineering and research into new ways to make prototype parts more quickly as it develops new vehicles。 Plants will have to deliver parts to the right place as needed to produce multiple models in a single factory。[url=http://www.sellerfc.com title=gucci messenger bag]gucci messenger bag[/url] Ford will operate 90 percent of plants with three crews by 2017 to reach its goal。ロレックス 価格 Today 65 percent of its assembly plant have three crews。 In the U。S。[url=http://www.buyrolexsale.info title=ロレックス 偽物]ロレックス 偽物[/url], all but the downriver plant in Flat Rock, and a van assembly plant in Avon Lake, Ohio, plant already have three crews。ロレックス 腕時計 Fleming would not comment on when or whether Flat Rock, which just added a second shift to make Mustang and Fusion, would add a third crew。 The savings achieved through the first assembly line enabled Ford to reduce the Model T price from $850 to less than $300, making it affordable for the masses。 By 1927 Ford was able to build a Model T every 24 seconds and sold more than 15 million worldwide, accounting for half of all automobiles sold at the time。[url=http://www.rolexkopi.info title=ロレックス gmt]ロレックス gmt[/url] Under the \"One Ford\" plan, Ford wants to be able to make and sell similar vehicles anywhere in the world。ロレックス 腕時計 The automaker is currently opening eight new assembly plants and six powertrain plants, mostly in China, India, Thailand, Eastern Europe and Brazil。 No new plants are going up in North America but Ford continues to invest to retool existing facilities。 Fleming said there are no plans for additional factories in the next few years but he said the automaker has not completed a new 10-year plan。[url=http://www.rolexonsale.info title=腕時計 ロレックス]腕時計 ロレックス[/url] Even with all the advancements that have largely automated body and paint shops, the final trim 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