25 Quotes by Jim Padilla

It is a supply issue, and it's supply of several technologies, ... The Japanese have shown a little bit of a predatory approach.

Our people have made excellent progress in South America, stabilized Europe and positioned us for growth in Asia. The challenges in North America require us to give it the attention and resources it deserves. I know the team we've put together can deliver.

Will this be the end-all? It depends on how the world turns,

We hoped to achieve our goals through attrition, reduced hiring and other voluntary means. Despite our best efforts, it became clear that getting to our targets required a number of involuntary separations.

We have the right team for the job at hand and it is time for me to allow them to grow even further and transition into the new roles that await them. It is because of these individuals, and the people they lead, that I leave Ford with confidence in the company's future.

We are working with multiple suppliers and alternatives, ... We recognize that the ramp-up phase is very critical for suppliers and for ourselves to get economies of scale.

We think we're at a reasonable level at this point. We don't have any explosive plan to go out and hack away. We've taken a lot of whacks at that. Right now we're looking to get stability -- stability in our product cycle, stability in our manpower, stability in our plant situation.

We have to be very aggressive in terms of controlling costs,

We had a good plan at the end of 2001, ... We executed it. We achieved everything that was in it and then some. But it wasn't good enough. ... So guess what? Now we have to respond again, and we're going to step up to it.