Indawo yokubonisa yaseTokyo/Osaka-Shimano kwikomkhulu lase-Osaka yeyona ndawo iphambili yale teknoloji, nto leyo eye yenze le nkampani yaduma kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela.
Ibhayisekile enobunzima obuziikhilogram ezisi-7 kuphela kwaye ixhotyiswe ngezinto ezikumgangatho ophezulu ingaphakanyiswa lula ngesandla esinye. Abasebenzi beShimano babonise iimveliso ezifana nothotho lweDura-Ace, olwaphuhliswa ukuze luqhutyelwe phambili ngemidyarho yasemgwaqweni ngo-1973 kwaye lwaphinda lwaboniswa kwiTour de France yalo nyaka, eyaphela eParis kule mpelaveki.
Kanye njengokuba izixhobo zeShimano zenziwe njengekhithi, indawo yokubonisa iqhagamshelwe kwimisebenzi exakekileyo yefektri yenkampani engekude. Apho, amakhulu abasebenzi asebenza nzima ukwenza izixhobo ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zehlabathi ngokuthandwa okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili kokukhwela ibhayisekile.
IShimano ineemeko ezifanayo kwiifektri ezili-15 kwihlabathi liphela. “Okwangoku akukho fektri ingasebenzi ngokupheleleyo,” utshilo uTaizo Shimano, umongameli wenkampani.
KuTaizo Shimano, otyunjwe njengelungu lesithandathu losapho ukukhokela inkampani kulo nyaka, nto leyo ehambelana nomsitho weminyaka eli-100 yenkampani, eli lixesha eliluncedo kodwa elinoxinzelelo.
Ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane we-coronavirus, intengiso kunye nenzuzo yeShimano ibikhula kuba abantu abatsha bafuna amavili amabini-abanye abantu bafuna indlela elula yokuzilolonga ngexesha lokuvalelwa ekhaya, abanye bakhetha ukukhwela ibhayisekile ukuya emsebenzini, Endaweni yokukhwela ngesibindi izithuthi zikawonke-wonke ezixineneyo.
Ingeniso epheleleyo yeShimano ka-2020 yi-63 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi (iidola zaseMelika ezingama-574 ezigidi), ukunyuka kwe-22.5% kunonyaka ophelileyo. Kunyaka-mali ka-2021, inkampani ilindele ukuba ingeniso epheleleyo inyuke iye kwi-79 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwakhona. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ixabiso layo lemarike lidlule umenzi weemoto waseJapan iNissan. Ngoku yi-2.5 yeetriliyoni zeerandi zeerandi.
Kodwa ukwanda kweebhayisekile kube ngumceli mngeni kwiShimano: ukuhambisana nemfuno ebonakala ingenakwaneliswa yezixhobo zayo.
“Siyaxolisa kakhulu [ngokungabikho kwezixhobo]… Siyagxekwa [ngumvelisi weebhayisekile],” utshilo uShimano Taizo kudliwanondlebe lwakutshanje neNikkei Asia. Uthe imfuno “iyanda kakhulu,” wongeza ngelithi ulindele ukuba olu hlobo lotshintsho luqhubeke ubuncinane kude kube ngunyaka ozayo.
Le nkampani ivelisa izixhobo ngesantya esiphezulu. UShimano uthe imveliso yalo nyaka iya kunyuka ngama-50% kunyaka ka-2019.
Ityala imali eyi-13 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwiifektri zasekhaya kwisithili sase-Osaka naseYamaguchi ukuze kwandiswe amandla emveliso kunye nokuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle. Ikwakhula naseSingapore, esisiseko sokuqala semveliso sangaphandle senkampani esasekwa phantse kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo. Eli phondo lityale imali eyi-20 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwisityalo esitsha esiya kuvelisa iibhayisekile kunye nezinye izinto. Emva kokuba ukwakhiwa kuhlehlisiwe ngenxa yemiqathango ye-COVID-19, isityalo besicwangciselwe ukuqala imveliso ekupheleni kuka-2022 kwaye ekuqaleni besicwangciselwe ukugqitywa ngo-2020.
UTaizo Shimano uthe akaqinisekanga ukuba imfuno ebangelwe yibhubhane iya kuqhubeka nokunyuka na ngaphaya kowama-2023. Kodwa kwixesha eliphakathi nelide, ukholelwa ukuba ngenxa yokwanda kolwazi ngempilo yabantu abakwinqanaba eliphakathi laseAsia kunye nokwanda kolwazi ngokukhuselwa kwendalo jikelele, ishishini leebhayisekile liya kuthatha indawo. “Abantu abaninzi baxhalabile ngempilo [yabo],” utshilo.
Kubonakala ngathi iShimano ayizukujongana nomngeni wokuchasa isihloko sayo njengomthengisi wezixhobo zebhayisekile ophambili kwihlabathi kwixesha elifutshane, nangona ngoku kufuneka ibonakalise ukuba inokufumana icandelo elilandelayo lemarike elikhulayo: ibhetri yeBhayisekile yombane esebenza kancinci.
IShimano yasekwa ngo-1921 nguShimano Masaburo eSakai City (eyaziwa ngokuba yi "Iron City") kufutshane neOsaka njengomzi-mveliso wesinyithi. Emva konyaka yasekwa, iShimano yaqala ukuvelisa ii-flywheels zebhayisekile - indlela ye-ratchet kwindawo engasemva eyayisenza kube nokwenzeka ukutyibilika.
Esinye sezona zinto zibalulekileyo kwimpumelelo yenkampani bubuchwepheshe bayo bokubumba ngokubandayo, obuquka ukucinezela nokwenza isinyithi kubushushu begumbi. Buyinkimbinkimbi kwaye bufuna ubuchwepheshe obuphezulu, kodwa bunokucutshungulwa ngokuchanekileyo.
IShimano yaba ngumvelisi ohamba phambili eJapan ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1960, phantsi kobunkokeli bomongameli wayo wesine, uYoshizo Shimano, yaqala ukufumana abathengi baphesheya. UYoshizo, owasweleka kunyaka ophelileyo, wayeyintloko yemisebenzi yenkampani e-US naseYurophu, enceda inkampani yaseJapan ukuba ingene kwimarike eyayilawulwa ngabavelisi baseYurophu ngaphambili. IYurophu ngoku yeyona marike inkulu yeShimano, ithatha malunga ne-40% yentengiso yayo. Lilonke, i-88% yentengiso yeShimano kunyaka ophelileyo yayivela kwimimandla engaphandle kweJapan.
UShimano wasungula ingcamango "yezinto zenkqubo", eziluluhlu lwezixhobo zebhayisekile ezifana nee-gear levers kunye neebhuleki. Oku komeleza impembelelo yophawu lweShimano kwihlabathi liphela, kwayinika igama lesidlaliso elithi "Intel of Bicycle Parts". IShimano okwangoku inamalunga nama-80% esabelo semarike yehlabathi kwiinkqubo zokuhambisa iibhayisekile: kwiTour de France yalo nyaka, amaqela ali-17 kwangama-23 athathe inxaxheba asebenzise izixhobo zeShimano.
Phantsi kobunkokeli bukaYozo Shimano, owathatha isikhundla sokuba ngumongameli ngo-2001 kwaye ngoku ungusihlalo wenkampani, inkampani yanda kwihlabathi liphela yaza yavula amasebe eAsia. Ukuqeshwa kukaTaizo Shimano, umtshana kaYoshizo kunye nomzala kaYozo, kuphawula inqanaba elilandelayo lophuhliso lwenkampani.
Njengoko idatha yakutshanje yentengiso nenzuzo yenkampani ibonisa, ngandlela thile, eli lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba uTaizo akhokele uShimano. Ngaphambi kokuba ajoyine ishishini losapho, wafunda eMelika waza wasebenza kwivenkile yeebhayisekile eJamani.
Kodwa ukusebenza okugqwesileyo kwale nkampani kutshanje kumise imigangatho ephezulu. Ukuhlangabezana nolindelo olukhulayo lwabatyali-mali kuya kuba ngumceli mngeni. “Kukho izinto ezinobungozi kuba imfuno yeebhayisekile emva kobhubhane ayiqinisekanga,” utshilo uSatoshi Sakae, umhlalutyi kwiDaiwa Securities. Omnye umhlalutyi, ocele ukuba igama lakhe lingachazwanga, uthe uShimano “uthetha ukuba uninzi lokunyuka kwexabiso lesitokhwe ngo-2020 lubangelwe ngumongameli wakhe wangaphambili uYozo.”
Kudliwanondlebe noNikkei Shimbun, uShimano Taizo ucebise iindawo ezimbini eziphambili zokukhula. “I-Asia ineemarike ezimbini ezinkulu, iTshayina neIndiya,” utshilo. Wongeze ngelithi inkampani iya kuqhubeka nokugxila kwimarike yaseMzantsi-mpuma Asia, apho ukukhwela ibhayisekile kuqala ukubonwa njengomsebenzi wokuzonwabisa, kungekuphela nje njengendlela yokuthutha.
Ngokwedatha evela kwi-Euromonitor International, imakethi yeebhayisekile yaseTshayina kulindeleke ukuba ifikelele kwi-US$16 yeebhiliyoni ngo-2025, ukunyuka kwe-51.4% ngo-2020, ngelixa imakethi yeebhayisekile yaseIndiya kulindeleke ukuba ikhule nge-48% kwixesha elifanayo ifikelele kwi-US$1.42 yeebhiliyoni.
UJustinas Liuima, umcebisi omkhulu kwi-Euromonitor International, uthe: “Ukwanda kweendawo zokuhlala ezidolophini, ukwanda kolwazi ngezempilo, utyalo-mali kwiziseko zophuhliso lweebhayisekile kunye notshintsho kwiindlela zokuhamba emva kobhubhane kulindeleke ukuba kunyuse imfuno yeebhayisekile [e-Asia].” FY 2020, i-Asia Inegalelo elimalunga nama-34% engeniso iyonke yeShimano.
ETshayina, ukwanda kweebhayisekile zemidlalo kwangaphambili kwanceda ekunyuseni intengiso yeShimano apho, kodwa kwafikelela kwincopho ngo-2014. “Nangona kusekude kakhulu nencopho, ukusetyenziswa kwebhayisekile ekhaya kunyukile kwakhona,” utshilo uTaizo. Uqikelela ukuba imfuno yeebhayisekile ezikumgangatho ophezulu iya kubuya.
EIndiya, iShimano yaseka inkampani yokuthengisa nokusasaza eBangalore ngo-2016. UTaizo uthe: “Kusathatha ixesha” ukwandisa imakethi, encinci kodwa inamandla amakhulu. “Ndihlala ndizibuza ukuba ingaba imfuno yeebhayisekile eIndiya iya kukhula na, kodwa kunzima,” utshilo. Kodwa wongezelela ngelithi abanye abantu abakumgangatho ophakathi eIndiya bakhwela iibhayisekile kusasa ukuze baphephe ubushushu.
Umzi-mveliso omtsha weShimano eSingapore awuzukuphela nje ngokuba liziko lemveliso kwimarike yaseAsia, kodwa uza kuba liziko lokuqeqesha abasebenzi kunye nokuphuhlisa ubuchwepheshe bokuvelisa eTshayina naseMzantsi-mpuma Asia.
Ukwandisa impembelelo yayo kwicandelo leebhayisekile zombane yenye inxalenye ebalulekileyo yesicwangciso sokukhula seShimano. Umhlalutyi weDaiwa uSakae uthe iibhayisekile zombane zithatha malunga ne-10% yengeniso yeShimano, kodwa inkampani isemva kwabakhuphisana nabo abanjengoBosch, inkampani yaseJamani eyaziwa ngeenxalenye zayo zeemoto, esebenza kakuhle eYurophu.
Iibhayisekile zombane zibeka umngeni kubavelisi bezinto zebhayisekile zemveli ezifana neShimano kuba kufuneka zoyise imiqobo emitsha yobugcisa, efana nokutshintsha ukusuka kwinkqubo yokudlulisa oomatshini ukuya kwinkqubo yokudlulisa ombane. Ezi nxalenye kufuneka zinxibelelane kakuhle nebhetri kunye nenjini.
UShimano ukwajongene nokhuphiswano olukhulu oluvela kubadlali abatsha. Ekubeni esebenze kweli shishini iminyaka engaphezu kwama-30, uShimano uyazi kakuhle iingxaki. “Xa kufikwa kwiibhayisekile zombane, baninzi abadlali kwishishini leemoto,” utshilo. “[Ishishini leemoto] licinga ngobungakanani kunye nezinye iingcamango ngendlela eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo kweyethu.”
IBosch yaqalisa inkqubo yayo yebhayisekile yombane ngo-2009 kwaye ngoku ibonelela ngeenxalenye zeebhayisekile ezingaphezu kwama-70 kwihlabathi liphela. Ngo-2017, umenzi waseJamani wade wangena kwintsimi yasekhaya kaShimano waza wangena kwimarike yaseJapan.
Umcebisi we-Euromonitor uLiuima uthe: “Iinkampani ezifana neBosch zinamava ekuveliseni iimoto zombane kwaye zinekhonkco lokubonelela ngeenkonzo kwihlabathi liphela elinokukhuphisana ngempumelelo nababoneleli bezinto zeebhayisekile abakhulileyo kwimarike yeebhayisekile zombane.”
“Ndicinga ukuba iibhayisekile zombane ziya kuba yinxalenye yeziseko [zentlalo],” utshilo uTaizang. Le nkampani ikholelwa ukuba ngokuqwalasela okwandayo kwendalo jikelele, amandla eepedali zombane aya kuba yindlela eqhelekileyo yokuthutha. Iqikelela ukuba xa imakethi ifumana amandla, iya kusasazeka ngokukhawuleza nangokuthe ngcembe.