Excuse me if this has been posted before. A piece about GM manufacturing at their Fremont, CA facility; before and after the joint venture with Toyota. Mostly about GM, but there's a lesson to be learned by current Toyota management.
The End Of The Line For GM-Toyota Joint Venture : NPR
Here's another version from "This American Life":
http://thisamericanlife.com/sites/all/play_music/play_full.php?play=403&podcast=1
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