Nobuhiko Kawamoto

Nobuhiko Kawamoto
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	東京 (mul) , 3 ga Maris, 1936 (89 shekaru)
ƙasa	Japan
Karatu
Makaranta	Tohoku University (en)
Harsuna	Harshen Japan
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa

Nobuhiko Kawamoto ya kasance Shugaba na Honda Motor daga 1990 zuwa 1998.

Tarihin rayuwa

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Tohoku a 1963, ya shiga ƙungiyar Honda F1 a matsayin injiniyan ƙira. Bayan Honda ya fice daga F1 bayan kakar 1968 don mayar da hankali kan motocin samarwa, sai ya koma Japan kuma ya tashi ta hanyar kamfanin. A wannan lokacin, ya taimaka wajen tsara Honda Civic mai ƙafafun gaba na 1972, da kuma injin CVCC.

Daga ƙarshe, ya zama shugaban sashen Bincike da Zane na Honda. A karkashin Kawamoto, Honda ta koma tseren mota, ta farko tare da Formula 2 a 1981. Kasuwancin ya kasance nasara, Ralt-Honda ta lashe lambobin Formula 2 uku a jere tsakanin 1982 da 1984. Honda ta koma Formula One a shekara ta 1983, daga ƙarshe ta lashe lakabi shida a jere tare da Williams da McLaren.

Nasarar tseren motoci ta Honda ta tura Kawamoto zuwa saman kamfanin, ta maye gurbin Tadashi Kume a matsayin Shugaba na Honda a shekarar 1990. Kawamoto ya zo ne a lokacin tashin hankali ga kamfanin, yana fuskantar tsayawar samfur da kuma dogaro da motoci da wasanni yayin da Honda ba ta da wakilci a cikin Motocin motsa jiki masu saurin girma da ƙananan sassan.

Bayan mutuwar Soichiro Honda a cikin 1991, kafofin watsa labarai na Japan sun ba da rahoton a cikin 1992 da 1993 cewa Honda tana cikin haɗari mai tsanani na mamayewa da ba a so kuma ta ƙiyayya da Mitsubishi Motors, wanda a lokacin ya kasance babban mai kera motoci ta hanyar girma da kuma zubar da riba daga nasarar su Pajero da Diamante.

Kawamoto ya yi sauri don canza al'adun kamfanonin Honda, yana gaggauta ta hanyar ci gaban samfuran kasuwa wanda ya haifar da motocin nishaɗi kamar Odyssey da CR-V, da raguwar motocin da suka shahara tare da injiniyoyin Honda amma ba tare da sayen jama'a ba.

Canjin da ya fi ban tsoro ga Honda ya zo ne lokacin da Kawamoto ya kawo karshen nasarar da Honda ta samu a Formula One bayan kakar 1992, yana mai da hankali kan farashi saboda barazanar karɓar mulki daga Mitsubishi Motors da kuma ƙirƙirar hoto na kamfanin da ya fi dacewa da muhalli.[1] A matsayinsa na Shugaba, ya sake tsara kasuwancin zuwa yankuna uku (moto, babur da bangarorin wutar lantarki). Ya kuma raba mayar da hankali ga Honda zuwa yankuna huɗu: Japan, Arewacin Amurka, Turai da Sauran Duniya, kuma ya ba kowane yanki ƙarin ikon cin gashin kansa a tallace-tallace da tallace-tafiye, masana'antu da ci gaba.[2] Wadannan canje-canje sun biya yayin da ribar Honda ta karu daga dala miliyan 540 a cikin Fiscal 1990 zuwa dala biliyan 1.78 a cikin Fisical 1996, kuma tallace-tallace na Arewacin Amurka sun tsalle kashi 9% . [2][3]

Kawamoto kuma yana da ƙaunar jiragen sama, daga kallon Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Japan ta tashi don yin bama-bamai a kasar Sin a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.

Kawamoto ya yi ritaya daga Honda a shekarar 1998, Hiroyuki Yoshino ya maye gurbinsa. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1998, an ba shi lambar yabo ta girmamawa (KBE) don "kyauta gudummawa mai mahimmanci don inganta dangantakar da ke tsakanin Burtaniya da Japan".