Designed for Learning: A Tale of Two Auto Plants

Title: Designed for Learning: A Tale of Two Auto Plants
Abstract/Description: The Toyota-GM joint venture, NUMMI, and Volvo's Uddevalla plant represent two different ways of organizing the labor-intensive production of standardized products, in this case, auto assembly. NUMMI is based on the Japanese lean-production model, whereas Uddevalla has been called a human-centered model. Which model can best stimulate continuous improvement while maintaining worker morale? The authors argue that the answer is, emphatically, NUMMI.
Author/creator: Adler, Paul S.; Cole, Robert E.
Date: 1993
In publication: MIT Sloan Management Review
Volume: 34
Issue: 3
Pages: 85-94
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Synthesis/Overview
Language: en-US
Open access/full-text available: en Yes
Peer reviewed: en Yes
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (MIT Sloan Management Review); Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)
Citation: Adler, P. S., & Cole, R. E. (1993). Designed for Learning: A Tale of Two Auto Plants. MIT Sloan Management Review, 34(3), 85–94.
Cited in: Cross-Sector Research on Continuous Learning and Improvement

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