Indawo yokubonisa yaseTokyo/Osaka-Shimano endlunkulu yase-Osaka iyisikhungo sobuchwepheshe, okwenze le nkampani yaba igama elidumile emhlabeni wonke ekugibeleni amabhayisikili.
Ibhayisikili elinesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-7 kuphela futhi elihlonyiswe ngezingxenye ezisezingeni eliphezulu lingaphakanyiswa kalula ngesandla esisodwa. Abasebenzi beShimano bakhombe imikhiqizo efana nochungechunge lweDura-Ace, olwaklanywa ukuze luqhudelane emijahweni ngo-1973 futhi lwaphinde lwaboniswa ku-Tour de France yalo nyaka, eyaphela eParis kule mpelasonto.
Njengoba nje izingxenye zeShimano zakhiwe njengekhithi, indawo yokubonisa ixhunywe nomsebenzi omatasa wefektri yenkampani engekude kakhulu. Lapho, amakhulu abasebenzi asebenza kanzima ukwenza izingxenye ukuze ahlangabezane nesidingo somhlaba wonke ekuthandweni okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili kokugibela amabhayisikili.
IShimano inezimo ezifanayo emafektri angu-15 emhlabeni jikelele. “Okwamanje akukho fektri engasebenzi ngokugcwele,” kusho uTaizo Shimano, umongameli wenkampani.
KuTaizo Shimano, oqokwe njengelungu lesithupha lomndeni ukuhola inkampani kulo nyaka, okuhambisana nokugubha iminyaka eyi-100 yenkampani, lesi yisikhathi esizuzisayo kodwa esicindezelayo.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kobhubhane lwe-coronavirus, ukuthengisa kanye nenzuzo yeShimano kuye kwanda ngoba abantu abasha badinga amasondo amabili - abanye abantu bafuna indlela elula yokuzivocavoca ngesikhathi sokuvalelwa ekhaya, abanye bakhetha ukugibela ibhayisikili baya emsebenzini, Esikhundleni sokugibela ngesibindi izinto zokuhamba zomphakathi ezigcwele abantu.
Imali engenayo yeShimano ka-2020 ingu-63 billion yen (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-574 zaseMelika), okuwukwenyuka ngo-22.5% kunonyaka odlule. Ngonyaka wezimali ka-2021, inkampani ilindele ukuthi imali engenayo yehle ifinyelele ku-79 billion yen futhi. Ngonyaka odlule, inani layo lemakethe lidlule inkampani yezimoto yaseJapan iNissan. Manje isingu-2.5 trillion yen.
Kodwa ukwanda kwamabhayisikili kwabeka inselele kuShimano: ukuhambisana nesidingo esibonakala singapheli sezingxenye zayo.
“Siyaxolisa kakhulu [ngokuntuleka kokunikezwa]… Siyalahlwa [ngumkhiqizi wamabhayisikili],” kusho uShimano Taizo engxoxweni yakhe yakamuva neNikkei Asia. Uthe isidingo “sishesha kakhulu,” wanezela ngokuthi ulindele ukuthi lo mkhuba uqhubeke kuze kube okungenani ngonyaka ozayo.
Le nkampani ikhiqiza izingxenye ngesivinini esisheshayo. UShimano uthe umkhiqizo walo nyaka uzokhula ngo-50% ngaphezu kuka-2019.
Itshala ama-yen ayizigidigidi eziyi-13 emafektri asekhaya ezifundeni zase-Osaka naseYamaguchi ukuze kwandiswe amandla okukhiqiza nokuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle. Iyanda naseSingapore, okuyisizinda sokuqala sokukhiqiza senkampani kwamanye amazwe esasungulwa cishe eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Idolobha-dolobha litshale ama-yen ayizigidigidi ezingama-20 esitshalweni esisha esizokhiqiza ama-transmission amabhayisikili nezinye izingxenye. Ngemva kokuhlehliswa kokwakhiwa ngenxa yemikhawulo ye-COVID-19, lesi sitshalo kwakuhlelwe ukuthi siqale ukukhiqiza ekupheleni kuka-2022 futhi ekuqaleni kwakuhlelwe ukuthi siqedwe ngo-2020.
UTaizo Shimano uthe akaqiniseki ukuthi isidingo esibangelwe ubhubhane sizoqhubeka yini sikhuphuke ngale kuka-2023. Kodwa esikhathini esimaphakathi neside, ukholelwa ukuthi ngenxa yokwanda kokuqwashisa ngezempilo kwesigaba esiphakathi sase-Asia kanye nokwanda kokuqwashisa ngokuvikelwa kwemvelo emhlabeni wonke, imboni yamabhayisikili izoba nendawo. “Abantu abaningi bakhathazekile ngempilo [yabo],” esho.
Kubonakala futhi kuqinisekile ukuthi iShimano ngeke ibhekane nenselele yokuphonsela inselelo isihloko sayo njengomhlinzeki wezingxenye zamabhayisikili ohamba phambili emhlabeni esikhathini esifushane, yize kufanele manje ifakazele ukuthi ingabamba ingxenye elandelayo yemakethe ekhulayo: ibhethri likagesi lebhayisikili elisebenza kalula.
IShimano yasungulwa ngo-1921 nguShimano Masaburo eSakai City (eyaziwa ngokuthi “iDolobha Lensimbi”) eduze kwase-Osaka njengefektri yensimbi. Ngemva konyaka yasungulwa, iShimano yaqala ukukhiqiza amasondo ebhayisikili—indlela yokushintsha amasondo esikhungweni sangemuva eyayenza kube nokwenzeka ukushelela.
Esinye sezihluthulelo zempumelelo yenkampani ubuchwepheshe bayo bokubumba obubandayo, obuhilela ukucindezela nokwenza insimbi ekushiseni kwegumbi. Kuyinkimbinkimbi futhi kudinga ubuchwepheshe obuphezulu, kodwa futhi kungacutshungulwa ngokunemba.
IShimano yasheshe yaba umkhiqizi ohamba phambili eJapane, futhi kusukela ngawo-1960, ngaphansi kobuholi bomongameli wayo wesine, uYoshizo Shimano, yaqala ukuzuza amakhasimende aphesheya kwezilwandle. UYoshizo, owashona ngonyaka odlule, wayeyinhloko yemisebenzi yenkampani e-US naseYurophu, esiza inkampani yaseJapan ukuthi ingene emakethe eyayibuswa abakhiqizi baseYurophu ngaphambilini. IYurophu manje iyimakethe enkulu kunazo zonke eShimano, ebiza cishe u-40% wokuthengisa kwayo. Sekukonke, u-88% wokuthengisa kweShimano ngonyaka odlule kwavela ezifundeni ezingaphandle kweJapane.
UShimano wasungula umqondo “wezingxenye zesistimu”, okuyiqoqo lezingxenye zebhayisikili ezifana nama-gear levers namabhuleki. Lokhu kwaqinisa ithonya lomkhiqizo weShimano emhlabeni wonke, kwamenza wabizwa ngokuthi “Intel of Bicycle Parts”. IShimano njengamanje inamasheya acishe abe ngu-80% emakethe yomhlaba wonke ezinhlelweni zokudlulisa amabhayisikili: ku-Tour de France yalo nyaka, amaqembu angu-17 kwangu-23 abambe iqhaza asebenzise izingxenye zeShimano.
Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaYozo Shimano, owathatha izintambo njengomongameli ngo-2001 futhi manje ongusihlalo wenkampani, inkampani yanda emhlabeni wonke yavula amagatsha e-Asia. Ukuqokwa kukaTaizo Shimano, umshana kaYoshizo nomzala kaYozo, kuphawula isigaba esilandelayo sentuthuko yenkampani.
Njengoba idatha yokuthengisa nenzuzo yakamuva yenkampani ikhombisa, ngandlela thile, manje yisikhathi esifanele sokuba uTaizo ahole uShimano. Ngaphambi kokujoyina ibhizinisi lomndeni, wafunda e-United States futhi wasebenza esitolo samabhayisikili eJalimane.
Kodwa ukusebenza okuhle kwamuva kwenkampani kubeke amazinga aphezulu. Ukuhlangabezana nokulindela okukhulayo kwabatshalizimali kuzoba yinselele. “Kukhona izinto eziyingozi ngoba isidingo samabhayisikili ngemuva kobhubhane asiqinisekile,” kusho uSatoshi Sakae, umhlaziyi weDaiwa Securities. Omunye umhlaziyi, ocele ukungadalulwa igama lakhe, uthe uShimano “ubeka iningi lokwenyuka kwentengo yesitoko ngo-2020 ngenxa yomongameli wakhe wangaphambilini uYozo.”
Engxoxweni noNikkei Shimbun, uShimano Taizo uphakamise izindawo ezimbili ezinkulu zokukhula. “I-Asia inezimakethe ezimbili ezinkulu, iShayina neNdiya,” esho. Wanezela ngokuthi inkampani izoqhubeka nokugxila emakethe yaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, lapho ukugibela ibhayisikili kuqala ukubhekwa njengomsebenzi wokuzilibazisa, hhayi nje indlela yokuhamba.
Ngokusho kwedatha evela ku-Euromonitor International, imakethe yamabhayisikili yaseShayina kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele ku-US$16 billion ngo-2025, okuwukwenyuka okungu-51.4% ngo-2020, kanti imakethe yamabhayisikili yaseNdiya kulindeleke ukuthi ikhule ngo-48% esikhathini esifanayo ukuze ifinyelele ku-US$1.42 billion.
UJustinas Liuima, umeluleki omkhulu kwa-Euromonitor International, uthe: “Ukwanda kokuqwashisa ngezempilo, ukutshalwa kwezimali engqalasizinda yamabhayisikili kanye nezinguquko ezindleleni zokuhamba ngemva kobhubhane kulindeleke ukuthi kukhulise isidingo samabhayisikili [e-Asia].” FY 2020, i-Asia Inikele cishe ngo-34% wemali engenayo iyonke kaShimano.
EShayina, ukwanda kwamabhayisikili ezemidlalo kwasiza ekukhuliseni ukuthengiswa kweShimano lapho, kodwa kwafinyelela esicongweni ngo-2014. “Nakuba kusekude kakhulu nokuphakama, ukusetshenziswa kwasekhaya kukhuphuke futhi,” kusho uTaizo. Ubikezela ukuthi isidingo samabhayisikili asezingeni eliphezulu sizobuya.
ENdiya, iShimano yasungula inkampani yokuthengisa nokusabalalisa eBangalore ngo-2016. UTaizo uthe: “Kusathatha isikhathi” ukwandisa imakethe, encane kodwa enamandla amakhulu. “Ngivame ukuzibuza ukuthi ngabe isidingo samabhayisikili eNdiya sizokhula yini, kodwa kunzima,” kusho yena. Kodwa wanezela ngokuthi abanye abantu abasesigabeni esiphakathi eNdiya bagibela amabhayisikili ekuseni kakhulu ukuze bagweme ukushisa.
Ifektri entsha yeShimano eSingapore ngeke ibe yisikhungo sokukhiqiza emakethe yase-Asia kuphela, kodwa futhi izoba yisikhungo sokuqeqesha abasebenzi kanye nokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza baseShayina naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia.
Ukwandisa ithonya layo emkhakheni wamabhayisikili kagesi kungenye ingxenye ebalulekile yohlelo lokukhula lweShimano. Umhlaziyi weDaiwa uSakae uthe amabhayisikili kagesi athatha cishe u-10% wemali engenayo yeShimano, kodwa inkampani isalele emuva kubancintisani abafana noBosch, inkampani yaseJalimane eyaziwa ngezingxenye zayo zezimoto, esebenza kahle eYurophu.
Amabhayisikili kagesi ayinselele kubakhiqizi bezingxenye zamabhayisikili bendabuko abanjengoShimano ngoba kumele anqobe izithiyo ezintsha zobuchwepheshe, njengokushintsha kusuka ohlelweni lokudlulisa olusebenzisa imishini kuya ohlelweni lokudlulisa olusebenzisa i-elekthronikhi. Lezi zingxenye kumele futhi zihlangane kahle nebhethri kanye nenjini.
UShimano uphinde abhekane nokuncintisana okukhulu okuvela kubadlali abasha. Njengoba esesebenze embonini iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30, uShimano uyazazi kahle izinkinga. “Uma kukhulunywa ngamabhayisikili kagesi, kunabadlali abaningi embonini yezimoto,” kusho yena. “[Imboni yezimoto] icabanga ngobukhulu kanye neminye imiqondo ngendlela ehluke ngokuphelele kweyethu.”
I-Bosch yethule uhlelo lwayo lwamabhayisikili kagesi ngo-2009 futhi manje ihlinzeka ngezingxenye zezinhlobo zamabhayisikili ezingaphezu kuka-70 emhlabeni jikelele. Ngo-2017, umenzi waseJalimane waze wangena ensimini yasekhaya kaShimano wangena emakethe yaseJapan.
Umeluleki we-Euromonitor uLiuima uthe: “Izinkampani ezifana neBosch zinokuhlangenwe nakho ekukhiqizeni ama-motor kagesi futhi zine-supply chain yomhlaba wonke engancintisana ngempumelelo nabahlinzeki bezingxenye zamabhayisikili abavuthiwe emakethe yamabhayisikili kagesi.”
“Ngicabanga ukuthi amabhayisikili kagesi azoba yingxenye yengqalasizinda [yezenhlalo],” kusho uTaizang. Le nkampani ikholelwa ukuthi njengoba ukunaka kwemvelo kukhula emhlabeni jikelele, amandla kagesi azoba yindlela evamile yokuthutha. Ibikezela ukuthi uma imakethe ithola amandla, izosabalala ngokushesha nangokuqhubekayo.