Today and Tomorrow
, subject: Ford's business philosophy on opportunity, service, wages, costs, management, waste, time, and industrial production.
A primary-source look at how Henry Ford connected production, wages, waste, management, and lower prices into one business philosophy.
About the book
Written with Samuel Crowther, Ford connects standardization, vertical integration, waste reduction, wages, pricing, and reinvestment to a primary-source theory of business as service.
Why read it
Best if you want Ford's own explanation of production, management, wages, waste, time, costs, and business as service through lower prices.
Key themes
- Factories as Systems
- Business as Service
- Wages, Costs, and Waste
Evidence and original sources
This record is supported by 5 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- The Financial Genius Behind A Century of Wall Street Scandals: Ivar Kreuger — David connects this book to Founders episode 80.
- Henry Ford (Today and Tomorrow) — David identifies Today and Tomorrow by Henry Ford as the book he read this week and the focus of the episode.
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