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| We expect positive organic sales growth in both our Intelligent Devices and Lifecycle Services segments |
| From a segment perspective, given our exceptionally strong backlog execution in software and control that resulted in 25% top line growth in fiscal year '23, we expect this segment to see the lowest growth in fiscal year '24 |
| Our solid execution and improving supply chain helped us exceed our Q4 expectations, resulting in double digit sales growth across all regions and business segments |
| With lead times significantly improving across our product lines, we were able to deliver products to customers faster than expected this quarter, contributing to over $2.5 billion in total sales |
| This record shipment reflects Rockwell's continued capacity investments, and demonstrates our organization's ability to scale for sustained growth |
| But also from the actions that we took in 2023, we think those will also be a propellant of Lifecycle Services margin expansion into '24 |
| Organic sales grew almost 18% year-over-year |
| In our intelligent devices business segment, organic sales increased 18% versus prior year with strong growth across all regions |
| Sensia delivered double digit top line growth in fiscal '23 and has strong orders growth, as Blake mentioned |
| Our strong Q4 margin was driven by 25% year-over-year top line growth |
| Given our pay-for-performance culture and strong results, all of our business segments saw higher bonus expense this year |
| Our strong free cash flow generation in the quarter was driven by higher income and reductions in working capital |
| We are pleased with how our organic and inorganic investments in this business are delivering new customer value and continued share gains |
| We accelerated growth investments for fiscal '23 above our original expectations as our revenue outperformed |
| Good performance in reducing backlog during Q4 of fiscal '23 put forward about $100 million of revenue and $0.25 of earnings |
| Within this segment, our Sensia joint venture had a strong finish to the year with over 50% year-over-year order growth in the quarter |
| This growth was driven by strategic wins in process automation and artificial lift control systems, positioning this business for continued double digit growth and improved profitability in fiscal year '24 |
| At a high level, we expect strong conversion on slightly higher year-over-year organic sales |
| Return on invested capital was 20.9% for fiscal '23 and 570 basis points better than the prior year, primarily driven by higher net income |
| This win not only demonstrates the standalone differentiation of our modular offerings, but also highlights the value from the integration of our entire portfolio, making it easier for customers to standardize their global operations |
| Our capital structure and liquidity remains strong |
| Our industrial cybersecurity software and expertise along with differentiated partnerships on the IT security front are helping us grow our cybersecurity services into a business of well over $100 million this fiscal year, with a significant portion of this being recurring revenue |
| We delivered strong double digit growth this quarter, with both sales and adjusted earnings growing by over 20% year-over-year |
| That's a good number, and ARR is a meaningful contributor to our future growth framework |
| Adjusted EPS of $3.64, which is a company record for quarterly earnings, grew almost 20% year-over-year |
| Significantly improving lead times in our Q4 shipment over performance contributed to rapid backlog production in the quarter |
| And that along with some of the new developments and offerings that we have, make us very optimistic about the contribution that ARR is going to have to our overall growth |
| We expect price will be a positive contributor to growth for the year |
| Given the workforce shortage and skills gap, along with the overall move to more autonomous operations, the market for industrial mobile robots in factory floor applications is expected to grow over 30% for the next five years, and we believe no one is better positioned to capitalize on this growth than Rockwell and Clearpath |
| Within discrete, automotive sales were up 30% year-over-year, reflecting continued strength of our offerings in both electric vehicle and battery |
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| In Q4, this represented between 200 and 300 basis points of year-over-year margin headwinds for each of the segments |
| So at the negative end, you would see a slower reduction of inventories at our distributors and a deterioration in the macro |
| Challenged by the pandemic and global supply chain constraints, this joint venture underperformed our initial expectations for 2020 through 2023 |
| Software and control margin of 33.5% decreased 100 basis points year-over-year |
| In our e-commerce and warehouse automation vertical, sales declined mid-single digits versus prior year |
| Consistent with what we shared with you on our last earnings call, our orders continued to decrease in fiscal 2023 reaching what we believe to be a trough in our fourth quarter |
| Obviously, you have a negative in your guide range |
| Asia orders are expected to be down year-over-year due to China |
| And in '23, North America was the lowest growth region globally |
| And we expect that business to be the one with the lowest organic growth and then that will translate into lower year-on-year margin in our software and control business, primarily driven by that lower growth |
| Clearpath is for this segment alone about 100 basis point headwind |
| Sensia's one-time items and supply chain-related inefficiencies in recent quarters are largely behind us |
| It was a headwind this year |
| Currency negatively impacted sales by approximately $100 million or 1.4 points |
| In terms of the things drawing down the margin in the fourth quarter, the two main things were our restructuring actions that had an outsized impact on the Lifecycle Services as well as the increased bonus expense that we were facing |
| Working Capital peaked in Q3 at 24% of sales and came down to 20% in Q4 |
| Fourth quarter was slightly below that level |
| And that's resulting in lower orders being placed on us |
| And we think those three things in combination are going to be resulting in lower margin year-on-year |
| Incentive compensation was a $0.45 headwind |
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