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NUMMIBY

Ben NelsonGary Yin

Michael MacDonald

The Joint Venture of General Motors & Toyota

What is NUMMINew United Motor Manufacturing INC.

Founding in 1984

Located in Fremont California

Joint Venture

Strange Bedfellows

Why Love is in the Air

+• U.S. Lobby for restrictions on imports

• Federal emissions regulations

Lets not forget about the UAW

The United Auto Workers UnionGM closed Fremont CaliforniaReasons for closure

Frequent strikesHigh absenteeismBad qualityOpen markets in factory

Drugs / Alcohol Prostitution

The General Motors WayMass Production Method

Factory is divided in two groups

Production, Production, Production

Union Action

The Deal Makers

Roger Smith and Eiji Toyoda sign the birth of NUMMI

A New World of Making Cars

The Toyota Way

Teamwork

Kaizen

Kanban

Andon

Education of Toyota Production Methods

Roger B. Smith, right, the former G.M. chairman, with Eiji Toyoda, the former chairman of Toyota, at the Nummi plant in 1985. 

The Quality of NUMMI

To Little To LateGM was unsuccessful in renovating their

plants

Opened Plants oversees

Marketing of new vehicles

Lessons LearnedWhat Toyota learned from the joint

venture

Motivation

Workers and Unions

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Langfitt, F. (2010, March 26). The End Of The Line For GM-Toyota Joint Venture: NPR. Retrieved February 8, 2011, from The End Of The Line For GM-Toyota Joint Venture: http://www.npr.org

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