AP Eagers yana inganta inganci
Martin Ward a wurin nunin AP Eagers Range Rover a cikin Brisbane's Fortitude Valley. (Hoto: Lyndon Mechielsen)
Babban jami'in gudanarwa Martin Ward ya ce yayin da sabbin tallace-tallacen motocin suka fadi da zarar koma bayan tattalin arziki a shekarar 2008, matsananciyar yanayin kudi ya tilasta wa kamfanin inganta inganci a dukkan jiragensa 90 da aka yi amfani da su a gabar tekun gabas. .
Amfanin wannan zafin ya bayyana a farkon wannan watan lokacin da dillalan mota ya haɓaka hasashen ribarsa na cikakken shekara a bara zuwa dala miliyan 61 daga dala miliyan 45.3 a 2010, gabanin hasashen kasuwar Oktoba na dala miliyan 54 zuwa dala miliyan 57.
Za a buga sakamakon binciken ne a karshen wata mai zuwa. Tasirin da mahukuntan suka yi nan take shi ne kara farashin hannun jarin kamfanin daga dala 11.80 zuwa dalar Amurka 12.60, amma tun daga lokacin ya koma dala 12, wanda har yanzu ya haura centi 20 fiye da kafin sanarwar.
An samu sakamako mafi kyau ba tare da sayar da sababbin motoci ko amfani da su ba, wanda shine babban aikin kamfanin. Sabbin tallace-tallacen motoci a Ostiraliya sun faɗi 2.6% a bara kuma Eagers sun raba raɗaɗin, kodayake akwai alamun farfadowa a cikin rabin na biyu na shekara.
Mista Ward ya ce akwai manyan abubuwa guda biyu da ke ba da gudummawa ga ingantacciyar aikin Eagers: Kudancin Ostiraliya ta saye Adtrans a bara da ingantaccen aikin da yake yi - ba ta hanyar ƙarin tallace-tallace ba, amma ta hanyar ingantaccen aiki.
Bangaren sayar da motoci da aka jera kadan ne. Automotive Holdings Group shine kamfani mafi girma, amma kuma yana yin dabaru a fannoni kamar ajiyar sanyi. Biyu na gaba sune Adtrans da Eagers.
Eagers sun mallaki kusan kashi 27% na Adtrans har sai sun sayi kamfanin a 2010 akan dala miliyan 100. A lokacin an kwatanta siyan a matsayin "saya mai kyau tare da ƙananan mil da mai kulawa ɗaya."
Ta hanyoyi da yawa, haɓakar AP Eagers a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata ya biyo bayan wasu kamfanoni na Queensland da yawa waɗanda suka ƙaura daga jiha zuwa ayyukan ƙasa.
Eagers wani kamfani ne na Queensland wanda ya kwashe shekaru 99 yana aiki a Brisbane. Ya fara sayar da motoci kusan nan da nan bayan sun zama na kasuwanci. An siyar da kamfani a bainar jama'a tun 1957 kuma, kamar yadda Ward ya yi sauri ya nuna, yana biyan riba kowace shekara.
Har zuwa shekaru shida da suka wuce ya yi aiki a Queensland kawai. Eagers yana aiki ƙarƙashin tsarin ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan kamfani. Daga 2005, a daidai lokacin da Mista Ward ya shiga kamfanin, ya fara fadada tsakanin jihohi, amma babban tsalle-tsalle shine siyan Adtrans, wanda ya ba da damar zuwa Kudancin Australia da Victoria kuma ya kara kasancewarsa a New South Wales, tare da samar da kasancewarta. duk fadin gabas gabas. .
Eagers a halin yanzu yana da kashi 45% na ayyukansa a Queensland; 24 bisa dari a New South Wales; 19 bisa dari a Kudancin Ostiraliya; da kashi 6 cikin XNUMX kowanne a cikin Victoria da yankin Arewa. Adtrans shine babban dillalin motoci a Kudancin Ostiraliya kuma babban dillalin abin hawa na kasuwanci a New South Wales, Victoria da South Australia.
Mista Ward ya ce a karshen shekarar 2010 ne kamfanin ya fara samun ribar sayan a shekarar da ta gabata.
"Abin da muka iya yi shi ne kawar da cikakken tsarin kula da kamfanoni na jama'a na ƙaramin kamfani ɗaya da kuma haɗa shi zuwa babban kamfani, abubuwa kamar biyan albashi," in ji shi. "Da zarar kun yi siyayya, yana ɗaukar ɗan lokaci don kullewa, kuma muna ganin fa'idar hakan yanzu."
Mista Ward ya ce kusan rabin adadin ribar da ake hasashen za a samu a bana ya samo asali ne sakamakon sayen Adtrans, amma kuma kamfanin ya yi gyare-gyare kan yadda ake gudanar da ayyukansa. “Wasan inci ne. Wannan masana'anta ce da mutane da yawa ke yin kwamitocin kuma a ko da yaushe rigi yana takurawa,” inji shi.
Ya ce AP Eagers sun yi amfani da kamfanin Deloitte na lissafin kudi wajen tantance ayyukan kamfanin a duk tsawon kwanaki 90, kuma hakan ya baiwa kamfanin damar gano wuraren da ake fama da matsalar cikin gaggawa.
"Don haka idan ba mu yi aiki ba a wani yanki, za mu iya gano hakan kuma mu dauki mataki cikin sauri don magance matsalar," in ji shi. "Mun yi abubuwa da yawa a cikin 2008-09, wanda, a baya, mun yi watsi da shekaru, amma GFC da gaske ya ingiza mu muyi wani abu a kai.
“Abin da muka iya yi shi ne rage farashin mu, wanda ke karuwa kafin shekarar 2007. A wasu lokuta, wannan yana faruwa ne saboda ƙaura zuwa wurare masu rahusa, inda muke samun tasiri iri ɗaya amma muna biyan kuɗi kaɗan."
Kyakkyawan misali na wannan shine Brisbane, inda kamfanin ke gudanar da dillalan Ford da General Motors a wurare biyu masu daraja amma masu tsada. Yanzu sun ƙaura, suna yanke farashi, kuma sun ƙara kantin Mitsubishi.
