David Cole
David Cole
attacking both culture
At both companies, they're very much attacking the culture of the organization. I think they've got real possibilities.
closing couple mean
That may mean the closing of a couple of more plants.
ability adapt flexible gives successful talk
If they're successful at getting leaner and more flexible as they talk about, it gives them ability to adapt to the market.
buy chance consumers ready risk second system thoughts
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,
agencies
If they can't show how the transportation agencies would have responded, then they don't have any case.
bargaining benefits best companies defining future hope market power tells wages work
More than anything it tells the UAW that their bargaining power is gone. The market is defining wages and benefits of the future and the best they can hope for is to work collaboratively with the companies to survive.
good image
Obviously, it is an image thing. It is good to be green.
additional gives
They've really outgrown their Georgetown facility. This gives them a little additional capacity.
became checkered college fraternity
Over the years it had a checkered history. It became more like a college fraternity thing.
ford serious views
I think Ford views this as 'change or die,' frankly. It's a very serious effort.
absolutely include legitimate
It's an absolutely legitimate thing to put in. They would be remiss if they did not include such a statement.
benefit certainly chance competitor cuts enter factory field hot incentives lose maybe move price stay volume
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.
community driven environmental
The environmental community has never been driven by economics.
center community run tool
A community center is only in the long run a tool for being the center of the community.