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密西根州的「汽车城市」：底特律
您知道为什么底特律又名汽车城市吗？
世人早已将底特律视为美国汽车工业的历史重心，底特律获得汽车城市此一绰号。密西根州的汽车工业提供了一个可供量产的模式，而后，其他各行业也随之采用此法生产。亨利福特首创以生产线来生产汽车。使用传输带，工厂工人快速地将不同的零件组装在一起，而且成本相当廉价，就像机械性的智力竞赛。福特的Model-T是第一台以此种方式生产出来的车型，而且它的组装速度比以前快，误差率也较之前低。您知道为什么吗？
在组装线工作的每位工人，只需负责对每台车做同一件事。举例来看，某人也许只要负责装上后视镜。而这人重覆此一动作无数次，他或她成为装后视镜的专家，并能够以极快的速度做这个工作。
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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