Mayelana NATHI
Ngo-1999, intsha eningana enamaphupho yasungula ngokusemthethweni ithimba le-Armstrong ngentshiseko embonini yezinto zokungqubuzana ukuze ihlanganyele ekuhwebeni kokungenisa nokuthumela kwamanye amazwe ama-brake pad aqediwe. Kusukela ngo-1999 kuya ku-2013, inkampani yakhula ngobukhulu futhi yasungula ubudlelwano bokubambisana besikhathi eside nobuzinzile nenani elikhulu lamakhasimende. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, isidingo nezidingo zamakhasimende zama-brake pad nazo ziyathuthuka njalo, futhi umqondo wokukhiqiza ama-brake pad ngokwethu uyafika engqondweni. Ngakho-ke, ngo-2013, sabhalisa ngokusemthethweni inkampani yethu yokuhweba njenge-Armstrong futhi sasungula ifektri yethu yama-brake pad. Ekuqaleni kokusungulwa kwefektri, sabhekana nobunzima obuningi emishinini nasekubunjweni kwama-brake pad. Ngemva kokuhlola okuqhubekayo, kancane kancane sahlola amaphuzu abalulekile okukhiqizwa kwama-brake pad futhi sakha ukwakheka kwethu kwezinto zokungqubuzana.
Njengoba kuqhubeka nokuthuthuka kobunikazi bezimoto emhlabeni jikelele, indawo yebhizinisi lamakhasimende ethu nayo ikhula ngokushesha. Abaningi babo banesithakazelo esikhulu ekukhiqizweni kwama-brake pad, futhi bafuna abakhiqizi bemishini yama-brake pad abafanelekile. Ngenxa yokuncintisana okwandayo eMakethe yama-brake pad eShayina, sigxila nasemishinini yokukhiqiza. Njengoba omunye wabasunguli bethimba ekuqaleni wayevela esizinda sobuchwepheshe, wabamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwemishini yokugaya, imigqa yokufutha ngophuphu kanye neminye imishini lapho ifektri yakha okokuqala, futhi wayenokuqonda okujulile kokusebenza kanye nokukhiqizwa kwemishini yama-brake pad, ngakho unjiniyela wahola ithimba futhi wabambisana nethimba lochwepheshe lokukhiqiza imishini ukuthuthukisa umshini wokunamathisela ozenzela wenkampani yethu, umshini wokugaya, imigqa yokufutha ngophuphu kanye neminye imishini.
Sigxile embonini yezinto zokungqubuzana iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, sinokuqonda okujulile ngezinto zokungqubuzana ezingemuva, futhi sisungule nohlelo oluvuthiwe oluphezulu noluphansi. Uma ikhasimende linomqondo wokukhiqiza ama-brake pad, sizolisiza ukuklama umugqa wonke wokukhiqiza kusukela ekwakhiweni kwesitshalo okuyisisekelo kakhulu nangokuya ngezidingo ezithile zekhasimende. Kuze kube manje, sisize amakhasimende amaningi ngempumelelo ukukhiqiza imishini ehlangabezana nezidingo zawo ngempumelelo. Phakathi neminyaka eyishumi edlule, imishini yethu yayithunyelwe emazweni amaningi, njenge-Italy, iGrisi, i-Iran, iTurkey, iMalaysia, i-Uzbekistan njalonjalo.