New Delhi: Japanese two-wheeler major Yamaha expects sales to remain in slow lane in the current fiscal due to the COVID-19 pandemic and growth to pick up in next fiscal, as per a senior company official.
The company, which has three manufacturing facilities at Surajpur (Chhattisgarh), Faridabad (Haryana) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu), expects production to touch pre-Covid levels only in the next financial year with muted demand in the current fiscal.
Yamaha had resumed manufacturing operations from May as per government’s standard operating procedures (SOPs), and currently its output is around 50 to 60 per cent of the total capacity at the production facilities. “We will be able to achieve pre-Covid level production targets in the next fiscal only,” Yamaha Motor India Sales senior VP Ravinder Singh told PTI.
The current fiscal will continue with stifled sales volume owing to low demand due to the prolonged lockdown, disruption in manufacturing operations and supply chain as well as social distancing, he added. “However, the demand is expected to gradually grow from the next fiscal, although the total sales volume for the year 2020 will remain the lowest in a decade,” Singh noted.
There have been issues related to availability of skilled manpower for core processes like welding, painting, casting and moulding, among others, but the company has managed it quite well by continuous training and upskilling of existing workforce to handle these critical functions, Singh said. As a result, the company can now utilise the trained and skilled workforce on a rotation basis as per the requirement in different functions, he added.
In July, the company sold around 26,373 motorcycles and 23,616 scooters, Singh noted. “So, we can say both the motorcycle and scooter models have contributed equally to the overall company’s sales,” he added.
Right now, the company’s focus is to rejoin the market while revitalising the excitement that has effaced out owing to the lockdown, Singh said. He added that the upcoming festive season would be the first stage effort to revive the economy.
The Link LonkAugust 30, 2020 at 09:42PM
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