1st Edition

Today and Tomorrow Commemorative Edition of Ford's 1926 Classic

By Henry Ford Copyright 2002
    288 Pages
    by Productivity Press

    Winner of the 2003 Shingo Prize!

    Henry Ford is the man who doubled wages, cut the price of a car in half, and produced over 2 million units a year. Time has not diminished the progressiveness of his business philosophy, or his profound influence on worldwide industry. The modern printing of Today and Tomorrow features an introduction by James J. Padilla, Group Vice President, Ford North America. It also includes an enhanced selection of photos illustrating the processes and facilities Ford covers in the text. Taiichi Ohno acknowledged that a key stimulus to JIT was his close reading of this book. Today, these same ideas are re-emerging to revitalize American industry in new ways.

    "I, for one, am in awe of Ford's greatness. I believe Ford was a born rationalist -- and I feel more so every time I read his writings. He had a deliberate and scientific way of thinking about industry in America. For example, on the issues of standardization and the nature of waste in business, Ford's perception of things was orthodox and universal."
    — Taiichi Ohno

    1. We are being born into opportunity
    2. Is there a limit to big business?
    3. Big Business and the money power
    4. Are profits wrong?
    5. It can't be done
    6. Learning by necessity
    7. What are standards?
    8. Learning from waste
    9. Reaching back to the sources
    10. The meaning of time
    11. Saving the timber
    12. Turning back to village industry
    13. Wages, hours, and the wage motive
    14. The meaning of power
    15. Educating for life
    16. Curing or preventing
    17. Making a railroad pay
    18. The air
    19. Farm problems are farm problems
    20. Finding the balance in life
    21. What is money for?
    22. Applying the principles to any business
    23. The wealth of nations
    24. Why not?

    Biography

    Henry Ford

    "I, for one, am in awe of Ford's greatness. I believe Ford was a born rationalist -- and I feel more so every time I read his writings. He had a deliberate and scientific way of thinking about industry in America. For example, on the issues of standardization and the nature of waste in business, Ford's perception of things was orthodox and universal."

    Taiichi Ohno, in Toyota Production System 06/01/04


    "A Pioneer in Continuous Flow Manufacturing, Henry Ford took care to limit the amount of inventory on his shop floor to the one shift's worth. He surrounded himself with reliable suppliers, many on his own property, making his assembly operation close to self-sufficient. And considering Ford expected only a 33-hour lapse between the mining of iron ore and the production of a car from the metal from that ore, he might rightly be called the Father of Just-In-Time (JIT)."

    Review


    "Today and Tomorrow is timeless. Within its pages, we find Henry Ford's philosophy of lean manufacturing -- the roots of today's Ford Production System."

    James J. Padilla, Group Vice President, Ford North America 06/01/04


    "…It is extremely interesting to read Henry Ford's original work. Ford discusses topics that are just as relevant today as they were in the 1920s."



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