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| Our strategy continues to focus on the strong demand in the market for sustainable energy, especially in our industrial sector where we do not rely on government incentives, but only a compelling value proposition and ROI |
| We are seeing strong progress with our growth strategy, including the introduction of new heavy-duty models to be launched this year and a second private label program expected to launch with a major forklift OEM |
| Our products and services are focused on the growing demand for large nationwide fleets that are pursuing a better return on investment and a positive environmental impact compared to lead acid batteries |
| And we have a lot of confidence that we have in place what I could loosely call the infrastructure to continue that momentum |
| There currently is a strongness in our part to produce the concentration in our biggest customers and as a public company, so we can have a more predictable trajectory on our orders |
| And what we are seeing is we have introduced these into the plants, and it has been very, very well-received |
| Fortune 100 companies demand suppliers that are transparent, experienced and trustworthy as they transition their fleets to new and clean technologies, which puts us in a very strong position in the clean energy market |
| And we are very, very excited about it because it’s a source not only of some income, but I think it’s even larger than that |
| We continue to be highly encouraged by our momentum toward cash flow breakeven and profitability given the underlying demand of our products |
| There were very strong orders in the quarter |
| In summary, we are well-positioned to execute our growth strategy as we offer customers deep experience as first movers in the sector and validation by Fortune 100 customers who entrust migration of their fleets to lithium-ion solutions |
| We believe the combination of existing customer orders and the acquisition of new customers who want the benefits of lithium-ion technology can drive continued revenue growth |
| We believe that our leadership in telematics will serve as a continuing platform to introduce new features for operating performance and asset management that are highly desired by our customers |
| The second fiscal quarter 2024 also saw ongoing momentum to both the top and bottom lines as we continue to move steadily towards profitability |
| We improved gross profit up 38% in the second quarter to $5.7 million and gross margin expansion of 700 basis points to 31% compared to the year ago period and also up from our fiscal first quarter of $4.3 million and 29% respectively |
| With ongoing initiatives focused on strategic supply chain and profitability improvement, lower costs and higher volume purchasing, we are targeting gross margin improvement to continue towards 35% in the short-term |
| We made good progress during the second fiscal quarter, delivering positive adjusted EBITDA of $300,000, an improvement of $1.2 million from an adjusted EBITDA loss of $900,000 in the second fiscal quarter of 2023 and sequential improvement from a loss of $1.2 million in the first fiscal quarter of 2024 |
| Key drivers of the improvement include gross margin expansion and steady operating leverage from modest growth in operating expenses over the year |
| Our cost and pricing initiatives contributed to gross margin improvements that I just mentioned to 31% in Q2 ‘24 |
| Also, our inventory balances have been stable, reflecting better management of supply chain sourcing and higher inventory turns from improved operational processes and lean manufacturing implementation |
| Taken together, we are executing operational efficiencies on our strategy for cash flow breakeven beginning in this fiscal year 2024 and increasing profitability beyond as we continue to drive expansion of our product lineup, operational efficiencies and service network |
| And particularly because we have two great enablers, we have ISO 9000 processes embedded here for the last 4 years, and we are very close to wrapping up lean manufacturing with this to make this efficient from the standpoint of expenses to support it, given the low capital expense that’s required for that, our expertise in that we can – we believe we have good line of sight on that |
| Our steady ongoing gross margin improvement reflects our goal to reach 40% gross margin, leveraging our operating and pricing – operational and pricing initiatives |
| Our efforts on increasing revenue and margin improvement, specifically for adjusted EBITDA are shown on Slide 7, reflecting the upward trend over the past 2 fiscal years and our momentum towards sustained breakeven |
| Looking at the positive momentum of our existing customer base and new customer acquisitions, we are confident that we are on a trajectory toward reaching sustained profitability during the current fiscal year |
| We believe our trajectory to profitability is built on a strong foundation of lean implementation and ISO 9001 processes |
| Adjusted EBITDA improved to a positive $300,000 in fiscal Q2 of 2024 from a loss of $900,000 in fiscal Q2 of 2023, and this is mostly driven by the improved gross margins |
| So this was reflected higher gross profit and lower cost of sales as a result of the gross margin improvement initiatives we’ve talked about, and this will help us achieve our profitability |
| And so for the past year, we have seen really a very strong revenue growth |
| What are the real leverage points and benefits of this, and I think when you see somebody like Delta, who has brought this on and others with the very positive experiences they have and what they are getting out of it for cost management, emissions, I think it’s just my opinion, I think that’s going to continue to grow |
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| For the last well, 3 or 4 years when we had negative margins in large part because of low volumes |
| And so that’s why the rollout of our sales of our heavy-duty models have taken a little bit longer than expected |
| And actually, the real pain point is this time for them to get it done |
| When the customer has problems, they just go to probably the forklift dealers |
| While reaching record quarter revenue of $18.3 million during the quarter, we do continue to see lumpiness due to the timing of deliveries of customer new forklift orders and higher interest rate impacts |
| And then also from the pandemic, with the price increases we had to catch up on pricing because we had to honor long lead purchase orders with some of these customers |
| So we see no back off in the managing of our installed base and adding new customers, but we are dealing with that lumpiness |
| But there is still some lumpiness out there in orders |
| Net loss for fiscal Q2 of 2024 was $800,000 compared to a net loss of $1.7 million in fiscal Q2 of 2023 |
| We have not seen any backing off or reduction of orders from any of our customers, but we have seen some deferral out toward the end of the year and in some cases beyond as they just manage the timing of the replacing of their forklifts |
| And you take the airlines, if they have anything go wrong, any thermal event or something, they get extremely nervous, send their safety officers immediately to wherever they are going |
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