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An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner using optimally planned logistics to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods...

Timeline of Events

1913

12.1.1913

The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

1927

5.31.1927

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

2003

7.30.2003

In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.