John Murphy Quotations

We believe that the entire automotive value chain is just beginning a long restructuring process. Dana's bankruptcy is likely just the tip of the iceberg given the burdensome high fixed cost structure facing the domestic auto industry.

We believe that GM should be able to manage around these.

There are wonderful benefits that the Internet has brought us. Along with the great benefits there are new dangers.

I can't emphasize enough how important that job is and how the city should fill it right away.

GM's decision to sell its shares in Suzuki may have been accelerated by the arrival of Jerry York. Although York was not explicit about the Suzuki equity stake in his January 10th speech, his aim appears to build up a cash hoard necessary to restructure GM.

GM appears to agree with us and is now offering buyout packages to its entire workforce.

We believe that things are going to get worse before they get better.

This researched and thoughtfully designed garden can be a source of healing for those suffering from a number of mental and physical limitations.

We believe implementation has been slow and it could be some time before benefits are realized.

There appear to be early signs of these steps being taken.

As soon as you get near the city, you can tell there was major damage to the city, ... The deeper you get into the city, a lot of the area is covered by water ? anywhere from curb height to 4 or 5 feet. Water is the real hazard.

Cost-cutting efforts, health care concessions and restructuring should help GM narrow North American losses in 2006, but they will remain substantial.

The transaction will raise much-needed cash as GM attempts the Herculean task of turning around its core auto business.

I've been very clear that that I intend on running by myself.

These asset sales are indicative of a company in trouble attempting to head off a near-term liquidity crunch.

These asset sales are indicative of a company in trouble, attempting to head off a near-term liquidity crunch.

North America posted a loss almost twice our estimate.

This is the first organizing victory for the Teamsters Rail Conference. This is proof that by dedicating experienced organizers to a group of workers who want to belong to a union, that challenges can be overcome. We won this election, and we look forward to many more.

This garden will be accessible to everyone, of all ages. Folks who don't have access to gardening now, will have access.

This battle is not over. We have made a decision to end the fight on the street. But we will continue the fight in every forum that we can.

It's a little different this year. It's not as intense, it's more relaxed.

It looks like incentives could pick up again in March as the competition in the Big Three-dominated segments, such as SUVs and pickups, heats up.

It may be announced today, it may be announced tomorrow, it's tough to call, but we think it will almost definitely happen before September 2007.

Everybody's head was doing the same thing: looking at each other, making sure they didn't miss what they had just seen.

In the long run, if there is new found pricing discipline, the whole industry will benefit.

He's probably more of a mid-round guy. A lot of teams have sort of lukewarm interest in him.

I don't think there's going to be any major changes. As president, Jonathan was pretty much running all the operations of the company. Scott was working on strategy and longer-term vision.

What level of crazy is too much for you? I'm just curious.

Touch me again, and I’ll end you… in a non-criminal way.

The TMS is evolving into a logistics platform that can handle all nodes, all geographies and all transportation nodes. It's already talking to other applications in the supply chain, like warehouse management, order management and ERP systems. By adding underlying algorithms, a TMS can now understand the relationship between the cost of inventory and the cost of transportation and come up with an optimal solution to answer those questions.

What's unique about transportation is that it's the one function that repeats itself throughout the supply chain.

Charts are a leading indicator of fundamental analysis

The illusion of randomness gradually disappears as the skill in chart reading improves.