Technology Implementation
ARTICLE REACTION
NUMMI PLANT STUDY
SYNOPSIS :
This article talks about the NUMMI plant , a joint venture between GM and TOYOTA. It focuses on the turnaround of the GM plant with no major changes in the infrastructure.
The production and management system changes were analyzed with pre and post NUMMI scenarios. It could be seen that there is no major changes in the workforce, but the systems were changed.
Apart from core of the article, we could see a nice team work and team management in preparation of this article. This is nicely prepared with cartoons and diagrams, every thing hand written.
Relationship of this article with class info :
Everything it talked is about technology, change in the process and management sytems. This NUMMI is about implementation of everything.
Innovation need not to be a product change, it could also be a system change which could bring a radical change.
This article also focuses on the competitive advantage by the way of innovation and technology, where mindless adoption will lead to no value addition.
It was a joint learning experience for both organizations, where the automation met with proper systems.
It gives an insight about merger, and joint ventures. The individual core strengths and proper fitment resulting in a new organization with new capabilities.
Everything it talked is about technology, change in the process and management sytems. This NUMMI is about implementation of everything.
Innovation need not to be a product change, it could also be a system