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.
It was a success, as the worst performing GM facility became the best performing facility even with the same workers, but with a new management system and philosophy. It proved that the secrets of TPS could be successful outside of Japan, using American workers.
In June 2009, GM announced that it would pull out of NUMMI, and in March 2010, Toyota decided to end the partnership, not wanting to solely own the company.
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In May 2010, the facility closed and was sold to Tesla. Tesla agreed to partner with Toyota on the “development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support” which continued until the end of the partnership in 2017.
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