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| But as you say, we've had a major victory in driving inventory down |
| We continue to see improvement across the metrics associated with business development, including a significant increase in the number of active quotes with reflective customers |
| The combination of our global footprint and our expansive design capabilities is proving to be extremely effective in capturing new business |
| I think we've had a major victory in growing our U.S |
| The increase in gross margin for the second quarter of fiscal 2024 reflects a favorable product mix for the quarter and improved operating efficiencies |
| In recent periods, our improved production efficiencies, strategic labor cost reductions, and the gradual stabilization in its supply chain have been largely offset by the strengthening of the Mexican peso relative to the U.S |
| I'm very confident in Brett and the team we've got put together here |
| We're excited about your promotion and wish you all the best |
| As Craig has mentioned, we are extremely impressed with the management team at Keytronic and we've been hit with a lot of things in the market including a very strong peso, considerable amount of inflationary pressure, interest costs, but yet still we continue to drive profitability and expect that to improve |
| We're also pleased to see improvements in our operating efficiencies, inventory levels, and other improvements made on the balance sheet |
| As a result, we should be better equipped for future disruptions in the supply chain, even as we continue to manage inventory more cost effectively |
| We remain very encouraged by our progress and potential for growth over the long term |
| For the third quarter of fiscal 2024, we're seeing steady demand for most established programs relative to our second quarter |
| At the same time, we are seeing a sustained trend of a strong Mexican peso and continued wage increases in Mexican wages, particularly along the U.S.-Mexico border |
| We move into the second half fiscal 2024 with a strong pipeline of potential new business |
| political tensions, and heightened concerns about supply chains will continue to drive the favorable trend of contract manufacturing returning to North America, as well as to our expanding Vietnam facilities |
| Over the longer term, we believe that we are increasingly well-positioned to win new programs and to continue to profitably expand our business |
| and Vietnam, and we have a strong pipeline of potential new business |
| As a result, we see opportunities for continued growth, and those opportunities are becoming more clearly defined over time |
| Moving into the third quarter of fiscal 2024, we continue to see the favorable trend of contract manufacturing returning to North America |
| I am very pleased that our board of directors named Brett to succeed me as president and chief executive officer |
| So that would be a really nice improvement compared to just more recent quarters |
| I am confident Brett, Tony, and their outstanding team will continue to take Keytronic to new heights |
| and Vietnam facilities, and we remain profitable |
| I'm happy that you will get to take the victory lap for George's quarter |
| Bill Dezellem Craig, does this put you in the enviable position where the upfront decision maker, you can win them because you have a lower price and then when the operator is basically being told you need to get something done and your job's on the line if you're not able to accomplish it, they can come to you and you'll have the ability and they say I don't care what it costs, loosely speaking, and you're able to charge for that |
| Revenue growth for the second quarter of fiscal 2024 was driven by increased production at our U.S.-based and Vietnam-based facilities, as well as by the sale of approximately $8.1 million of inventory from a discontinued program |
| Congratulations for that and have a happy retirement |
| There, we believe, they can enjoy the ultimate in flexibility, engineering support, and ease of communication |
| As a result, we continue to expand our customer base and won new programs involving security products, medical devices, and military aerospace |
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| We believe global logistics problems, China-U.S |
| As we've discussed, our profitability in the fiscal 2024 continues to be negatively impacted by increased labor costs in both the U.S |
| Global logistics problems and China-U.S |
| One is we were concerned since this was, I guess, really our first significant military aerospace program in quite some time that the contractual requirements would be so far out of line that we could never reach a common ground with the customer |
| And then I believe on the last conference call, there was a fair amount of uncertainty that you interjected into what you were seeing in the macro environment and with your customers, many or I shouldn't say many, some of which that you said you were seeing a pullback in demand |
| At the same time, accounts receivable DSOs was at 85 days compared to 78 days a year ago, which we believe reflects some increased delays in collections from certain customers, despite continuing improvement of most customers with respect to disruptions from supply chain issues |
| These severance expenses are unfortunate, but a clear requirement |
| And that turned out to be unfounded |
| We're still confused about the directions of the economy overall |
| There has been, I think part of why we say our arrow is horizontal rather than down or up is that a couple of the larger customers had been tightening up inventory as they feared an oncoming recession or as they burnt off some COVID-driven inventory |
| So a product that shouldn't have been in China because it was either an immature product or it was impossible to forecast the demand well or say changes in style required instantaneous changes in production, even though it went to China, it still had all those disadvantages |
| While we're seeing some improvement in our gross margin, recent wage increases, higher interest rates, and a strong peso will dampen our growth and profitability in the near term |
| So that's part of the stumbling block in getting a new site up and running and growing the way it should be growing on paper is there's a critical mass problem |
| I wish we would have made more contracts but it's difficult to project the future |
| Your product development is at the lowest level it's been in three years, at 1.8 |
| Bill Dezellem Craig, how is it that the other contract manufacturers that are starting Greenfield and Vietnam are winning business? Craig Gates It seems like that would be a, boy, this massive movement of firms wanting to go to Vietnam is the common problem |
| At that point, I believe you said it was nothing that you were panicking over, but directionally the arrow was pointed the wrong way |
| Wage increases seem to have taken a pause over the last quarter and a half |
| It's down just a little bit a nudge sequentially |
| Our customers are still confused |
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