Ford’s Willow Run Plant Rolled Out a B-24 Bomber Almost Every Hour
During World War II, Ford built a plant at Willow Run, Michigan, with an assembly line over a mile long.
By 1944, the factory produced a B-24 Liberator bomber roughly every 63 minutes, assembling 8,600 aircraft in total. Ford split complex manufacturing into small, repeatable stations to eliminate bottlenecks.
Modern industrial operations still rely on this core method: break large, complex builds into short, standardized steps to maximize speed.
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Originally posted as a note on St. Clair Exchange: Ford’s Willow Run Plant Rolled Out a B-24 Bomber Almost Every Hour
