Akron—Bridgestone Americas ne Goodyear zigatta eby’obugagga byabwe eby’okugabanya emipiira mu bungi mu nkola ya 50/50, eyitibwa TireHub l.L.C., ejja okukola okuyita mu 80-plus ebifo ebigaba ettaka mu ggwanga lyonna.
TireHub egenda kubeera mu Atlanta era eddukanyizibwa ttiimu eyeetongodde ekulembeddwamu akulira kkampuni eno Peter Gibbons, bizinensi y’omukulembeze, n’omukulembeze w’okugaba ebintu.
Okulangirira kuno kwakoleddwa ku Mmande akawungeezi oluvannyuma lw’okuggalawo bizinensi eno mu mawulire agaasaasaanidde abakola emipiira bombi.
TireHub egenda kugatta omukutu gwa Goodyear ogwa kkampuni ezigaba ebintu mu bungi ne Bridgestone’s .Omupiira Wholesale .Subsidiary, abakolagana ne Venture bwe baategeezezza.
Ebigambo by'ebyensimbi tebyalagibwa. Enkolagana eno erina okukkirizibwa mu ngeri ey'ennono era esuubirwa okuggalwa mu makkati g'omwaka.
Okutondebwawo kwa TireHub kujja nga wayise emyezi ena nga Michelin North America Inc. ne Sumitomo Corp. of Americas bakkiriza okugatta emirimu gya Michelin egy’okugaba eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi eby’amaguzi ebya Wholesale ne TBC Corp. mu kibiina kya50-50 eky’awamu, ekigenda okuyitibwa okuyitibwa .National Tire Wholesale ..
Kkampuni empya egaba ebintu egenda kujjuliza emikutu gya kkampuni zombi egy’abagaba eby’okusatu abaliwo era n’okuwa enkola y’okugaba, okutereka, okutunda n’okutuusa ebintu mu bujjuvu oluvannyuma lw’okumaliriza enkolagana, enjuyi bwe zaategeezezza.
Abakolagana ne bakikkaatiriza nti TireHub ejja kubayamba okubawa eby’obugagga okuyamba bakasitoma baabwe okuddukanya obuzibu obugenda bweyongera mu bizinensi y’emipiira, nga kivugirwa SKU okusaasaana n’obwetaavu obugenda bweyongera mu mipiira gya rim diameter egy’omutindo ogwa waggulu.
"Kikulu nnyo eri u.s. abasuubuzi b'emipiira n'abasuubuzi okusobola okufuna emipiira emituufu mu budde okutuukiriza ebyetaago n'ebisuubirwa bya bakasitoma baabwe," TJ Higgins, pulezidenti, ekibiina ekigatta abaguzi, U.s. ne Canada, Bridgestone Americas.
"TireHub ejja kuyamba okuteeka abasuubuzi okuwangula mu mbeera ya leero ekyukakyuka era eyeyongera okuzibuwalirwa ng'ebawa omukisa ogwetaagisa ennyo okutuuka ku mipiira egy'obuziba era egy'enjawulo egy'abasaabaze n'egya loole okuva ku Bridgestone," bwe yagambye.
Ku mukolo gw'okutongoza, TireHub ejja kuba n'ekipimo okutuuka mu bifo ebisinga obungi eby'amaduuka mu U.s. buli lunaku, abakolagana bwe baagambye .
"Olw'obusobozi okutuusa ekintu ekijjuvu eky'ebintu bya Goodyear n'okussa essira eryetongodde ku kuvuga enteekateeka n'okuweereza bakasitoma obulungi, TireHub ekola ekiteeso ekiwangula gye tuli, bakasitoma baffe, ebifo bya Goodyear ebya kkampuni n'abaguzi, ebisuubirwa byabwe n'engeri y'okugula ebintu gye bikyagenda mu maaso n'okukulaakulana," Pulezidenti wa Goodyear Americas, Steve McClellan bwe yategeezezza.
Both Bridgestone ne Goodyear baagambye nti basuubira nti TireHub egenda kuwa enhanced fill rates ne turnaround times okukakasa nti ba diiru basobola okufuna ebintu bye beetaaga amangu{0}}
The partners said they expect TireHub will deliver a "best-in-class" customer experience through a single sales force and new online ordering portal that integrates easily with dealers' point-of-sale systems.
TireHub also will help Goodyear and Bridgestone customers manage growing complexity in the tire business, driven by SKU proliferation. The new distributor will provide on-demand access to the full array of products from both companies, which is critical for their customers, who typically have limited inventory space at their locations.
Gibbons joins the new venture from CP Kelco, a division of the J.M. Huber Corp., a manufacturer of biopolymers, where he was a director for the past six-plus years. He also held executive vice president positions at Mattel Inc. and Starbucks.