改变世界的12家公司

    1. 福特汽车公司

    在20世纪初那段无与伦比的创新年代，福特汽车公司（Ford Motor ）开发出流动生产线，把流水线操作工人的薪水提升至5美元/天，使T型车（Model T）凭借低廉的价格走入寻常百姓之家，从而推动了汽车时代的到来。通过不断改善批量生产方式，福特汽车公司把T型车的价格降至240美元。此外，T型车非常流行，以至于不需要广告宣传。福特汽车在海外12个国家生产T型车，使它成为第一款世界车型。111年前，亨利•福特研制出T汽车。如今，由他的子孙管理的福特汽车公司依然是世界第五大汽车制造商。—Alex Taylor III（财富中文网）

    译者：乔树静/汪皓

    1. Ford

    During a period of unparalleled innovation early in the 20th century, Ford Motor F developed the moving assembly line, raised the wages of the workers who manned it to $5 a day, and made the Model T affordable to millions of buyers, thereby giving birth to the automobile age. By constantly refining its mass-production methods, Ford brought the price of the “T” down to $240, and the car became so popular it required no advertising. The “T” was also built in 12 foreign countries, making it the first world car. Today, Ford is still the world’s fifth-largest automaker, controlled by the descendants of Henry Ford, the inventor who founded it 111 years ago. —Alex Taylor III