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| We are able to share these efficiencies with our customer in order to manage the increasing complexity, while driving financial benefits |
| It's one where -- I think it shows the ability of our team to really demonstrate value for a customer on our components segment |
| We expect that to improve and progress as we go through 2024, ultimately outperforming by the 500, 600 basis points that I'd indicated |
| So for example, in our first quarter, that's the fourth quarter of the calendar year, certain of those customers that we mentioned, whether it's the BYD, SAICs, obviously, they're performing very strong to hit their year-end targets, right |
| And it's proven to be extremely beneficial to them and we're seeing a rapid acceleration on that front |
| We continue to drive the business forward, winning both new and replacement business with customers that are expected to drive continued margin improvement in the coming years |
| We are demonstrating our ability to add value to customers through our engineering capabilities, manufacturing footprint and process discipline |
| China, as we've said, we still expect China to be significantly positive to overall growth over market despite where we were at in Q1 |
| Both the business we have been awarded and the recognition we've received show that our strong business performance, operational excellence and mindfulness towards sustainability are driving value to Adient stakeholders and shareholders including customers, suppliers and employees |
| The margins are improving despite labor headwinds, transactional headwinds, and you in fact mentioned that performance is a net positive |
| It's really nice to see the acceleration in share repurchases |
| We've seen currency movements, particularly the euro, favorably impact our top-line forecast |
| This is a good external validation of the progress we've made in reshaping our balance sheet over the past couple of years as well as the company's positive trend in earnings and cash generation |
| As we indicated previously, the cash on the balance sheet combined with our confidence in our ability to generate cash underpins the company's ability to execute our share repurchase program |
| The relative improvement despite the UAW strike impact for the quarter is a testament to the cash management actions the team was able to execute within the quarter |
| We continue to expect strong regional performance in volume and mix for the balance of the year |
| Again, our consolidated Americas business benefited from the revised pricing agreement |
| Business performance was driven by increased net material margin, inclusive of the benefit of the restructured pricing agreement at our KEIPER joint venture, lower freight costs, improved labor and overhead performance and partially offsetting these benefits were increased launch and tooling |
| These new business awards once again represent a strong mix of customers, geographies, various levels of electric, hybrid and ICE platforms |
| High level for the Americas, improved business performance was the primary factor driving positive results |
| All in all, a quarter very much in line with our internal expectations, driven by continued strong execution |
| As a reminder, BWI is a successful diverse joint venture that we have been involved in for more than 25 years |
| We're particularly proud of this partnership and the competitive advantage that it brings to Adient, along with our Avanzar joint venture, which is also a diverse JV |
| In addition, freight costs were $23 million improved year-on-year, as well as improvements we saw in labor and overhead |
| Looking deeper within that bucket, the biggest positive driver was improved net material margin of $30 million |
| Improved business performance was the primary driver of these results, benefiting the quarter by $39 million |
| Safe to say that our confidence in the company's ability to generate cash, along with the flexibility we have built into the capital structure is expected to underpin significant returns to our shareholders |
| Our balance sheet strength and financial performance also enabled us to amend and extend our Term Loan B subsequent to the quarter |
| I'll also point out that our ability to improve margins, generate cash and prudently manage our balance sheet was recognized by both S&P Global and Moody's recently |
| The key takeaway is that, ES3 encompasses a range of benchmarking, continuous improvement and VA/VE practices that give us the ability to demonstrate opportunities for both our customers and Adient, that enable us to deliver our commitments on business performance |
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| Revenue for the quarter, which totaled $3.7 billion was down about 1% compared to last year's fiscal quarter, first quarter |
| In Asia, business performance reflected the negative impact of lower year-on-year commercial recoveries as well as the timing of launch activity, which drove increased engineering and launch spend |
| High level for the quarter, sales were approximately $3.7 billion, down about 1% compared to our first quarter results last year |
| Pending into the end of fiscal year '23, there were reasons to be cautious and conserve cash |
| Volume and mix was a slight headwind resulting from program mix |
| That said, while S&P production forecasts have increased, catching up to what we already were aware of based on customer releases, certain of Adient's programs are moving in the opposite direction, driven primarily by launch delays and alignment with customer demand |
| And finally, volume and mix was a modest headwind |
| In APAC, certain programs reached year end production or model year changeovers, resulting in lower Adient production volumes |
| In China, end of production of certain programs and model year changeovers resulted in lower year-on-year sales |
| The primary driver of the year-on-year decrease was lower volume and pricing, call it, $95 million including about $36 million of lower commodity recoveries |
| Starting with the revenue on Slide 12, we reported consolidated sales of approximately $3.7 billion, a decrease of $39 million compared with Q1 fiscal year '23 |
| As we indicated in November, we expect the FX to be a headwind for the quarter and we expect the FX pressures to intensify, as we move through the fiscal year |
| Adient's program mix in the Americas was influenced by the UAW strike-related production stoppages |
| Last year, for example, Adient's equity income was $15 million lower in Q2 versus Q1 |
| Headwinds partially offsetting the business performance included, volume and mix impacts of about $18 million |
| Focusing on the table on the right hand side of the slide, Adient consolidated sales were lower in the Americas and Asia Pacific, while sales in EMEA grew by about 1% |
| And finally, equity income was lower by $2 million |
| Outside of the strike, Tacoma volumes were impacted as the program moved through the launch curve |
| I think one of the questions out there right now is with prices, where they are and potential for negative mix shift in the industry |
| The UAW at strike in certain of our North American customers, ultimately impacted Adient by approximately $125 million in sales and $25 million in EBITDA |
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