This American Life Episode 403 : : Nummi

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Call Number: CD Radio This 403
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 3rd Floor, CDs 2-week checkout	CD Radio This 403	2-week checkout	On Shelf

Prologue -- Act one -- Act two -- Credits.
Hosted by Ira Glass; Frank Langfitt, correspondent; interviewees, United Auto workers: David Champion, Jeffrey Liker, John Shook, Bruce Lee, Joel Smith.
In 1984, General Motors and Toyota opened New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (also known as 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. On March 31, 2010, NUMMI closed. The presentation details why GM and other American auto manufacturers were not able to learn from NUMMI more quickly.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

NUMMIi! submitted by Kitty4777 on August 9, 2023, 2:03pm Absolutely loved this story!

It talks about the transformative nature of trusting in your team, and believing in people and changing culture --- and all the reasons it might not work!

Unfortunately, Detroit is not shown in the best light. (Only downside).