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New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. is an automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 manufacturing
Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machine, tool and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to Industry production, in which raw material are transformed into finished good on a large scale....
 plant
Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industry building where workers manufacturing Good or supervise machines Process Manufacturing one product into another....
 in Fremont, California
Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, California; it was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: #Centerville, #Irvington, #Mission San Jose, #Niles, and #Warm Springs....
. The factory was an old General Motors plant originally opened in 1962 and is now a joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 between GM and Toyota. When it reopened for production in 1984, it was the first automotive joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 plant in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. GM saw this joint venture as an opportunity to learn about the ideas of lean manufacturing
Lean manufacturing

Lean manufacturing or lean production, which is often known simply as "Lean", is a production practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination....
 from the Japanese company, while Toyota gained its first manufacturing base in North America and a chance to implement its production system in an American labor environment.






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New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. is an automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 manufacturing
Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machine, tool and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to Industry production, in which raw material are transformed into finished good on a large scale....
 plant
Factory

A factory or manufacturing plant is an industry building where workers manufacturing Good or supervise machines Process Manufacturing one product into another....
 in Fremont, California
Fremont, California

Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, California; it was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: #Centerville, #Irvington, #Mission San Jose, #Niles, and #Warm Springs....
. The factory was an old General Motors plant originally opened in 1962 and is now a joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 between GM and Toyota. When it reopened for production in 1984, it was the first automotive joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 plant in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. GM saw this joint venture as an opportunity to learn about the ideas of lean manufacturing
Lean manufacturing

Lean manufacturing or lean production, which is often known simply as "Lean", is a production practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination....
 from the Japanese company, while Toyota gained its first manufacturing base in North America and a chance to implement its production system in an American labor environment. Many business textbooks mention NUMMI when they discuss joint ventures.

NUMMI is now an award-winning facility which ranks with other Toyota plants among the most productive manufacturing operations in North America. GM places around 12 managers each year at the plant to learn lean techniques and has improved quality enough across the rest of its operations for it to show through on J.D. Power quality rankings. While the plant has been successful in adopting Lean, other GM plants have seen benefits. GM's Oshawa, Ontario plant received the 2006 JD Power Gold Plant Quality Award, the third time in the last five years.

Overview

As of December of 2008, the NUMMI plant produces the Toyota Corolla
Toyota Corolla

The Corolla is a line of subcompact car/compact cars produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966....
 compact car
Compact car

A compact , small family or c-segment car is a car classification of automobile which are larger than a supermini car and smaller than a large family car....
, Toyota Tacoma
Toyota Tacoma

The Toyota Tacoma is a compact pickup truck manufactured by the Toyota Motor Company since 1995. It is essentially the Toyota Hilux modified and rebadged for North America....
 pickup truck
Pickup truck

A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area which is almost always separated from the cab to allow for chassis flex when carrying or pulling heavy loads....
, and the Pontiac Vibe
Pontiac Vibe

The Pontiac Vibe is a compact car hatchback car produced in Fremont, California, in the United States by NUMMI , a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota, and marketed under General Motors' Pontiac brand....
 hatchback
Hatchback

Hatchback is a term designating an automobile design, containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by a single, top-hinged tailgate or large flip-up window....
. In the past, it produced the Chevrolet Nova
Chevrolet Nova

The Chevrolet Nova is an automobile produced in the United States from 1962 to 1979 by the Chevrolet division of General Motors and from 1985 to 1988 by the NUMMI, a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota....
 (1984-1988); the Geo Prizm
Geo Prizm

The Geo /Chevrolet Prizm was a United States-market entry-level compact car from model years 1989 through 2002. Like the 1985-1988 Chevrolet Nova it replaced, the Prizm was a Badge engineering version of the Toyota Sprinter, an upmarket version of the Toyota Corolla sold in Japan....
 (1990-1997), and the Chevrolet Prizm (1998-2002), as well as the Toyota Voltz
Toyota Voltz

The Toyota Voltz was a tall station wagon sold from 2002 to 2004. It was assembled by NUMMI in Fremont, California and marketed by Toyota Motor Corporation in its home market of Japan, but curtailed after a disappointing sales volume of just over 10,000 units....
, the Japanese right-hand drive version of the Pontiac Vibe
Pontiac Vibe

The Pontiac Vibe is a compact car hatchback car produced in Fremont, California, in the United States by NUMMI , a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota, and marketed under General Motors' Pontiac brand....
 - both are based on the Toyota Matrix
Toyota Matrix

The Toyota Matrix, occasionally referred to as the Toyota Corolla Matrix, is a compact car hatchback manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, to be sold in both the United States and Canada....
, which is also manufactured in Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge, Ontario

Cambridge is a city located on the Grand River and Speed River in the Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.History...
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 along with the Toyota Corolla
Toyota Corolla

The Corolla is a line of subcompact car/compact cars produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966....
. Employment is nearly 5,500 workers. NUMMI employees are represented by The International, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
United Auto Workers

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a trade union which represents workers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
 (UAW) Local 2244. NUMMI sells 60% of their parts to Toyota and 40% to General Motors.

The plant size spans the equivalent of at least 88 football fields. The plant is configured into six major areas: 1) detached Plastics facility fabricating bumpers, instrument panels, interior panels, and others, 2) Stamping facility that fabricates all visible sheet metal parts, 3) Welding facility that assembles all metallic parts into one rigid unit 4) a detached Paint facility to prepare and paint passenger vehicles 5) a detached Painting facility to prepare and paint truck cabs, 6) main building that assembles entire vehicles complete with redundant quality checks to ensure customer satisfaction at the dealership.

Daily tours of the plant are offered free to the public. NUMMI has announced that tours will no longer be offered past February 27th, 2009.

Products

  • Pontiac Vibe
    Pontiac Vibe

    The Pontiac Vibe is a compact car hatchback car produced in Fremont, California, in the United States by NUMMI , a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota, and marketed under General Motors' Pontiac brand....
  • Toyota Corolla
    Toyota Corolla

    The Corolla is a line of subcompact car/compact cars produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966....
  • Toyota Tacoma
    Toyota Tacoma

    The Toyota Tacoma is a compact pickup truck manufactured by the Toyota Motor Company since 1995. It is essentially the Toyota Hilux modified and rebadged for North America....


Past products


  • Toyota Corolla Sprinter
  • Geo Prizm
    Geo Prizm

    The Geo /Chevrolet Prizm was a United States-market entry-level compact car from model years 1989 through 2002. Like the 1985-1988 Chevrolet Nova it replaced, the Prizm was a Badge engineering version of the Toyota Sprinter, an upmarket version of the Toyota Corolla sold in Japan....
  • Toyota Pickup
  • Chevrolet Nova
    Chevrolet Nova

    The Chevrolet Nova is an automobile produced in the United States from 1962 to 1979 by the Chevrolet division of General Motors and from 1985 to 1988 by the NUMMI, a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota....
  • Chevrolet Prizm


See also

  • United Australian Automobile Industries
    United Australian Automobile Industries

    United Australian Automobile Industries was a firm founded in Australia in 1989 as the result of an agreement between Toyota and Holden . For Holden, it replaced the earlier Holden-Nissan Motors joint venture that had existed since 1983....
     (UAAI) — A similar joint venture in Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     between Toyota and GM-Holden
    Holden

    GM Holden Ltd is an Australian Automotive industry based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was originally independent, but since 1931 has been a subsidiary of General Motors ....
     from 1989 to 1996.


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