 Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK: Best Practice Under PressureJonathan Morris and
Rob Imrie
Chapter 4 in Transforming Buyer-Supplier Relations, 1992, pp 62-92 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The decision, in the early 1980s, by Nissan Motor to locate in the UK provoked unparalleled interest The company were the first Japanese auto producer to locate in the EEC; and the planned investment of £617 million (by 1992) is the largest Japanese EEC investment to date (although it will be eclipsed by the planned £840 investment of Toyota). It also promised 3500 direct jobs and many more in spin-off job creation at a time when unemployment rates in the UK were at an all time post-war high. The Nissan investment, however, represented more than a major investment and large job generation. It was the first test as to whether the Japanese manufacturing and management techniques, used to such effect in Japan, could be transferred to the UK automotive industry. Could concepts such as total quality control and just-in-time production be utilized to such effect in the North East of England as they are in Oppama? How would the various actors — British managers, workers and suppliers — respond to this challenge? Keywords: Local Content; Original Equipment Manufacturer; Line Worker; Engine Management System; Small Supplier (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-11200-5_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11200-5_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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