New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was an American automobile manufacturing company in Fremont, California, jointly owned by General Motors and Toyota, that opened in 1984 and closed in April 2010.

Sep 1, 2009 · Nummi represented the first footstep of Toyota in US production, taken in the early 1980s, deep in the last recession. The plant never made money, but allowed Toyota to learn a lot...

Jul 17, 2015 · Host Ira Glass introduces the story of the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., aka NUMMI. In 1984, General Motors and Toyota opened NUMMI as a joint venture. Toyota showed GM the secrets of its production system: How it made cars of much higher quality and much lower cost than GM achieved.

Apr 2, 2010 · The GM and Toyota joint-venture plant, NUMMI, shut down on April 1, leaving behind a rich but muddy history. Here's how this auto plant changed the face of General Motors and planted its name in...

Apr 1, 2010 · New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., also known as NUMMI, was a unique joint venture between Toyota and General Motors in Fremont, Calif. The only remaining auto manufacturing plant on...

Jan 1, 2010 · How to Change a Culture: Lessons From NUMMI GM and Toyota launched their joint auto plant where GM’s work force had been at its worst. Here’s what happened next. And why.

Oct 28, 2024 · Over nearly three decades, millions of cars rolled off the lines at the NUMMI factory in Fremont, California. Cars like the Toyota Corolla, Pontiac Vibe, and Toyota Tacoma. The goal was for GM to...

Sep 14, 2009 · NUMMI proved that the best, supposedly “Japanese,” production methods in the world could work on American soil with American labor. An early motto at NUMMI was “Best of Both Worlds.” I truly believe NUMMI in its heyday embodied that motto in principle and in practice.

Mar 31, 2010 · But, far from being an industrial flop, NUMMI over the past 25 years became a landmark of American manufacturing — and proof that innovation in heavy industry was anything but extinct. “NUMMI...

An acronym for New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. It was a car plant in Fremont California that might have saved the U.S. car industry. In 1984, General Motors and Toyota opened NUMMI as a joint venture. This became the first application of the Toyota Production System by Toyota with its affiliated suppliers in the US.