Aguascalientes, Ags.- Nissan Motor Col., Ltd. anunció hoy jueves su plan estratégico de negocios a cuatro años en el que se propone para finales de su año fiscal 2023 haber alcanzado un crecimiento sostenido anual de 5% en su utilidad operativa y de 6% en participación de mercado.
Para la región de América del Norte, donde se ubica México, país en el que operan tres de sus fábricas, dos de ellas en Aguascalientes, establece como objetivo el optimizar las plantas para consolidar la producción alrededor de los “core models”, es decir, aquellos que representan sus principales fortalezas en preferencia del comprador.
La firma automotriz especifica que se centrará a nivel mundial en cuatro segmentos: Deportivo, EV (sedanes y camionetas familiares de gran tamaño y equipamiento), D (capacidad para 5 adultos y gran cajuela) y C (autos para cuatro adultos).
En el segmento C mantiene, entre otros, los modelos Sentra, Versa, March y Kicks. Los cuatro se producen en las dos fábricas que Nissan tiene en Aguascalientes. El Versa también sale de la planta en Cuernavaca.
Reduce 20% su producción global, elimina 14 modelos y cierra plantas en varios países
Quien anunció hoy los lineamientos generales de este plan estratégico de negocios fue el CEO de Nissan, Makoto Uchida.
Hizo saber que la producción global de la compañía se reducirá en 20%, y que la gama de modelos pasará de 69 a 55. También refirió que se optimizará la operación en todas las fábricas, para que siempre trabajen por arriba del 80% de su capacidad.
“El foco de Nissan estará puesto en Japón, China y América del Norte”, dijo Makoto Uchida, el CEO de Nissan.
Y como trascendió ya hace unas semanas, confirmó que se cierran la planta de Barcelona en Cataluña, España, y la de Indonesia. Así que en aquel extremo de Asia seguirá produciendo en Tailandia, Japón y China.
Texto del comunicado oficial de Nissan
Nissan unveils transformation plan to prioritize sustainable growth and profitability
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today unveiled a four-year plan to achieve sustainable growth, financial stability and profitability by the end of fiscal-year 2023. The scalable plan, involving cost-rationalization and business optimization, will shift the company’s strategy from its past focus on inflated expansion.
As part of the four-year plan, Nissan will take decisive action to transform its business by streamlining unprofitable operations and surplus facilities, alongside structural reforms. The company will also reduce fixed costs by rationalizing its production capacity, global product range and expenses. Through disciplined management, the company will prioritize and invest in business areas expected to deliver a solid recovery and sustainable growth.
By implementing the plan, Nissan aims to achieve a 5% operating profit margin and a sustainable global market share of 6% by the end of fiscal year 2023, including proportionate contributions from its 50% equity joint venture in China.
Makoto Uchida, Nissan chief executive officer, said: “Our transformation plan aims to ensure steady growth instead of excessive sales expansion. We will now concentrate on our core competencies and enhancing the quality of our business, while maintaining financial discipline and focusing on net revenue per unit to achieve profitability. This coincides with the restoration of a culture defined by “Nissan-ness” for a new era.”
The four-year plan is focused on two strategic areas, building on Nissan’s reputation for innovation, craftsmanship, customer-focus and quality, alongside an ongoing cultural transformation:
1) Rationalization: robust actions to restructure, reduce costs and improve efficiency
Actions:
* Right-sizing Nissan’s production capacity by 20% to 5.4 million units a year under the assumption of a standard shift operation
* Achieving plant utilization rate above 80%, making operations more profitable
* Rationalizing the global product line-up by 20% (from 69 to fewer than 55 models)
* Reducing fixed costs by approximately 300 billion yen
* Intend to close Barcelona plant in Western Europe
* Consolidating North American production around core models
* Closure of manufacturing facility in Indonesia and concentrating on Thailand plant as single production base in ASEAN
* Alliance partners to share resources, including production, models, and technologies
2) Prioritizing core markets and core products
Actions:
* Focusing Nissan’s core operations in the markets of Japan, China and North America
* Leveraging the Alliance assets to maintain Nissan’s business at appropriate operational level in South America, ASEAN and Europe
* Exiting South Korea, the Datsun business in Russia and streamlining operations in some markets in ASEAN
* Focusing on global core model segments including enhanced C and D segment vehicles, electric vehicles, sport cars Introduce 12 models in the next 18 months
* Expanding presence in EVs and electric-motor-driven cars, including e-POWER, with more than 1 million electrified sales units expected a year by end of FY23, In Japan, launching two more electric vehicles and four more e-POWER vehicles, increasing electrification ratio to 60% of sales
* Introducing ProPILOT advanced driver assistance system in more than 20 models in 20 markets, targeting more than 1.5 million units to be equipped with this system per year by the end of FY23.
Uchida concluded: “Nissan must deliver value for customers around the world. To do this, we must make breakthroughs in the products, technologies and markets where we are competitive. This is Nissan’s DNA. In this new era, Nissan remains people-focused, to deliver technologies for all people and to continue addressing challenges as only Nissan can.”
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