From what I was able to gather it was less about being in the wrong location and that the internal politics of GM set NUMMI up for failure. America was able to

From what I was able to gather it was less about being in the wrong location and that the internal politics of GM set NUMMI up for failure. America was able to be a powerhouse of manufacturing during WW2, I remember reading that a lot of the DNA for JIT/Kaizen/Lean came from the Marshall Plan[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen#History