David Cole
David Cole
flexible lean moved rigid
They have moved from a rigid culture, to a much more lean and flexible company.
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I think it's a very excellent move that Jerry will be joining GM's board. My only concern is that he may have had more influence from the outside than he will from the inside.
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I think it's probably a good move. One of the subtle dimensions of this is that when you move like that, not everybody moves. That's an automatic opportunity to significantly restructure.
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has heard your concerns and although we plan to move forward with the alternatives listed in my letter dated June 7, 2005, we will continue to consider your comments as we refine the routes.
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There's the thought that if this is going to be so hot, why not price it higher? But if you do, maybe you lose volume and it doesn't stay hot as long, or you have to move to incentives and price cuts sooner, or you give a competitor a chance to enter the field sooner. The dealers certainly are making money. But the factory doesn't benefit from that.
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We saw resistance to the initial Korean cars, but that was mainly related to quality. If the quality (of Chinese cars) is up to snuff, if the consumer feels there's value, they'll go for it.
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It wouldn't surprise me. We've seen some definite refocusing away from California.
definite seen surprise
It wouldn't surprise me, ... We've seen some definite refocusing away from California.
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The wild card is whether consumers are really going to come out in the holidays for the Xbox 360 or just wait for Sony next year.
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The risk is that consumers are ready to go to buy a system and then you give them a chance to have second thoughts about it,
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Each cycle of console launches, the companies have a fresh start. Microsoft will likely do better with the Xbox 360.
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Right now, they're on a track that makes sense, but until it is resolved, it's not a done deal. It is a possibility.
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Bill Ford's philosophy is that he wants a team at the top of the pyramid,
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The Supreme Court felt that these warnings were critical in order to ensure the confessions are truly voluntary and not coerced. And now what the 4th Circuit has said is, we don't need these warnings. And I think what that will lead to is more coerced confessions.