Jim Padilla Quotes & Jim Padilla Sayings

I think the nature of competition in the marketplace is very, very challenging for all of us. Jim Padilla Popular Quotes 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. Jim Padilla Remarks We expect comparable changes, Jim Padilla 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. Jim Padilla Remarks We have to be very aggressive in terms of controlling costs, Jim Padilla 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. Jim Padilla Remarks 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. Jim Padilla We will be aggressive. We will address costs. We will address our footprint as a business. We will address capacity. Jim Padilla