I-AP Eagers ithuthukisa ukusebenza kahle
UMartin Ward endaweni yombukiso ye-AP Eager Range Rover eBrisbane Fortitude Valley. (Isithombe: Lyndon Mehilsen)
Isikhulu esiphezulu uMartin Ward sithe nakuba ukudayiswa kwezimoto ezintsha kwehla ngokushesha ngesikhathi isimo sinzima ngo-2008, ukuqina kwezimali kwaphoqa inkampani ukuthi ikhulise ukusebenza kahle kwawo wonke ama-franchise angu-90 ase-East Coast. .
Inzuzo yalobo buhlungu yabonakala ekuqaleni kwale nyanga lapho umdayisi wezimoto ephakamisa isibikezelo senzuzo yonyaka odlule safinyelela ku-$61 million kusukela ku-$45.3 million ngo-2010, eshaya isibikezelo semakethe sika-Okthoba se-$ 54-57 million.
Imiphumela yocwaningomabhuku izoshicilelwa ekupheleni kwenyanga ezayo. Umthelela osheshayo wabaphathi kwaba ukukhuphula intengo yamasheya enkampani isuka ku-$11.80 iye phezulu engu-$12.60, kodwa isibuyele ku-$12, isengaphezulu ngamasenti angama-20 kunangaphambi kwesimemezelo.
Umphumela omuhle kakhulu watholwa ngaphandle kokuthengiswa kwezimoto ezintsha noma ezisetshenzisiwe, okuwumsebenzi oyinhloko wenkampani. Ukuthengiswa kwezimoto ezintsha e-Australia kwehle ngo-2.6% ngonyaka odlule kanti i-Eagers yabelana ngobuhlungu, nakuba kwakukhona izimpawu zokululama engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka.
UMnu Ward uthe kunezici ezimbili eziyinhloko ezibangela umphumela ongcono we-Eagers: Ukuthengwa kwe-Adtrans yeSouth Australia ngonyaka odlule, nokusebenza okungcono kwebhizinisi elikhona - hhayi ngokuthengisa okwengeziwe, kodwa ngokusebenzisa ukusebenza kahle okukhulu.
Umkhakha osohlwini lokudayisa izimoto mncane. I-Automotive Holdings Group iyinkampani enkulu kunazo zonke, kodwa futhi iphatha izinto ezindaweni ezifana nokugcinwa kwamakhaza. Ababili abalandelayo bekuyi-Adtrans ne-Eagers.
I-Eagers yayiphethe cishe u-27% we-Adtrans baze bathenga inkampani ngo-2010 ngamadola ayizigidi eziyikhulu. Ukuthengwa kwachazwa ngaleso sikhathi ngokuthi "ukuthenga okuhle nge-mileage ephansi kanye nomnikazi oyedwa onakekelayo".
Ngezindlela eziningi, ukukhula kwe-AP Eagers eminyakeni embalwa edlule kulandele ezinye izinkampani ezimbalwa zaseQueensland ezisuka ezifundazweni ziye emisebenzini kazwelonke.
I-Eagers yinkampani yaseQueensland esisebenze eBrisbane iminyaka engu-99. Waqala ukudayisa izimoto ngokushesha nje lapho sezithengiswa. Inkampani isohlwini lwe-stock exchange kusukela ngo-1957 futhi, njengoba i-Ward yashesha ukuveza, ikhokha izinzuzo ngonyaka.
Kuze kube yiminyaka eyisithupha edlule, ubesebenza eQueensland kuphela. I-Eagers isebenza ngaphansi kwesistimu ye-franchise. Kusukela ngo-2005, ngesikhathi uMnu. Ward eqala ngayo le nkampani, isiqalile ukukhula phakathi kwezifundazwe, kodwa igxathu elikhulu kwaba ukutholwa kwe-Adtrans, eqinisekise ukufinyelela eNingizimu ye-Australia naseVictoria futhi yandisa indawo yayo eNew South Wales ngokumhlinzeka. ubukhona kulo lonke ugu olusempumalanga. .
Njengamanje i-Eagers iphethe ama-45% emisebenzi eQueensland; amaphesenti angu-24 eNew South Wales; amaphesenti angu-19 eNingizimu Australia; kanye namaphesenti angu-6 endaweni ngayinye eVictoria naseNyakatho Territory. I-Adtrans ingumdayisi omkhulu wezimoto eNingizimu ye-Australia futhi ingumthengisi omkhulu wamaloli eNew South Wales, eVictoria naseNingizimu Australia.
UMnu. Ward uthe ukuthengwa kwezimpahla kwenzeke ekupheleni kuka-2010 kanti ngonyaka odlule le nkampani yaqala ukwenza inzuzo yangempela ngokuthengwa kwayo.
“Esikwazile ukukwenza wukuqeda lonke uhlaka lwabaphathi benkampani yomphakathi enkampanini eyodwa encane bese siyihlanganisa ibe yinkampani enkulu, izinto ezifana ne-payroll,” usho kanje. "Uma usukwenzile ukuthenga, kuthatha isikhathi ukuthi ukhiye, futhi siyayibona inzuzo yalokho manje."
UMnu. Ward uthe cishe ingxenye eqondile yokwenyuka kwenzuzo kulo nyaka kudalwe ukutholwa kwe-Adtrans, kodwa inkampani iphinde yazuza izinzuzo ezisebenza kahle. “Umdlalo wama-intshi. Lena imboni lapho abantu abaningi bethola khona amakhomishini kanti ama-margins ahlala ephansi,” usho kanje.
Uthe i-AP Eagers isebenzisa inkampani yamabhuku iDeloitte ukuhlola ukusebenza kwenkampani njalo ezinsukwini ezingu-90, futhi lokhu kunikeza inkampani ikhono lokuhlonza izindawo ezinezinkinga ngokushesha okukhulu.
“Ngakho-ke uma singasebenzi endaweni ethile, singayibona bese sithatha izinyathelo ngokushesha ukulungisa inkinga,” usho kanje. “Ziningi izinto esizenze ngo-2008-09 osekuphele iminyaka sizibekela eceleni, kodwa iGFC yasiphusha impela ukuthi senze okuthile ngakho.
“Esikwazile ukukwenza wukwehlisa izindleko zethu, ebezilokhu ziba nkulu kwaze kwaba ngu-2007. Kwezinye izimo lokhu kungenxa yokuthuthela ezikhungweni ezishibhile lapho sithola khona ukuvezwa okufanayo kodwa sikhokha kancane.”
Isibonelo esihle salokhu iBrisbane, lapho inkampani ibisebenzisa amadayisi akwaFord neGeneral Motors ezindaweni ezimbili ezihlonishwayo kodwa ezibizayo. Manje sebethuthile, behlisa izindleko futhi bengeza isitolo sakwaMitsubishi.
