Founded by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, Ford Motor Company (Ford / FoMoCo) is an American automobile manufacturer established on June 16, 1903. The headquarters of Ford Motor Company is located in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford radically renewed large-scale automobile production methods and management of large-scale industrial workforce based on the idea of Eli Whitney, who developed the first assembly line that uses the parts can be replaced, which makes it possible to create a car with a much lower price and with greater confidence and greater repeatability as well.