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| We anticipate realizing margin expansion over time as we see more contribution from higher-margin software sales, the benefits from the consolidation of our U.S |
| We continue to increase our share of wallet with existing customers on multiyear revenue projects and saw revenues from the first nine months of this year from our Top 250 customers grew 18% compared to the same period last year |
| And the way that we're doing that is really by focusing on: one, driving top-line growth, and so, I think we have pretty good line of sight to the revenue forecast that we have in place and the guidance that we set for Q4; continued improvement in gross margin, not only from just mix, but also there's some opportunity to price and a lot of value-added services that we're providing to our customer base; and then last, we want to continue to optimize our OpEx |
| And then, I think -- we will see how the end of the year goes, but we actually -- we're making really, really strong progress already |
| We continue to deliver solid gross margin and the year-over-year change was primarily due to the ramping of recently deployed new technologies, a mix shift to non-3D printing and higher shipping costs, partially offset by software growth and price increases |
| So, we're feeling quite good about the guidance that we're setting for Q4 |
| Our software business is scaling as expected, and we remain encouraged by our growing traction of SaaS contract commitments, increased customer acquisition, improved retention, life-time value expansion and new initiatives such as MFG materials, which was launched in late Q2 |
| Through MFG materials, we believe we are providing a compelling value proposition to our customers by helping them save on raw material costs |
| But at the end of the day, I feel like the orders that we're closing are strong, where we continue to win more orders from the same customer base |
| We are optimistic that we are seeing a more rational competitive backdrop with regards to our ecommerce business |
| And we believe that we are well-positioned to take advantage of this market opportunity across an array of industries due to our platform that combines high-quality, flexible, on-demand manufacturing with purpose-built proprietary software |
| And ultimately, we didn't make a lot of impact to commercial functions, because the commercial functions today are delivering strong results or at least meeting our expectations on results so far with strong pipelines |
| So, we're feeling quite good about that on the manufacturing side |
| And we continue to build a strong pipeline |
| In our self-service, ecommerce operations, sales remain stable, providing a good foundation for our growth initiatives |
| I would say, one, from a demand perspective on the sales side, we're still seeing really good traction |
| We continue to increase our customer focus towards middle market and enterprise opportunities, and anticipate seeing accelerating benefits that -- from these investments in the coming quarters |
| We are encouraged by our progress with regards to our software business and the increasing traction with enterprise manufacturing customers |
| And so, I think we'll get better and better at it as we go |
| So, we should see continued improvement in our cash burn on a quarter-by-quarter basis |
| In the third quarter, we continued to execute our strategy to grow software and enterprise manufacturing revenue |
| This affirms our commitment to and the proficiency in partnering with Tier 1 manufacturers to support OEM volume production |
| But again, I think that what we did mention in the script was -- in our prepared remarks that we did see 18% revenue growth year-over-year for the first nine months for our -- for those enterprise customers |
| While we remain encouraged by the momentum in our business in light of the elongated sales cycle and near-term macroeconomic uncertainty, we also initiated a number of cost reduction measures in the quarter |
| Our gross margins in the third quarter were 41% compared to 44% in the third quarter of 2022, but grew sequentially compared to the second quarter by about 100 basis points |
| So, we are continuing to see that customer base grow |
| We continue to focus on executing on our strategy, and we see a lot of opportunity in front of the business |
| Our software product provide a critical tool for manufacturers, allowing them to leverage end-to-end manufacturing software to scale their business and shift to digital manufacturing in order to increase productivity |
| And so, with more volume coming back into the business, that allows us to optimize more and more of our manufacturing production volumes and reap more gross margin from the same cost basis |
| Additionally, we remain disciplined and prudent as we execute our operating plan and have continued to refine our cost structure |
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| In the third quarter, revenue was $8.4 million, flat from the prior year and slightly below guidance due to shipment delays from the third quarter into the fourth quarter, with about $0.5 million worth of contracted revenue related to three enterprise customers |
| I think one of the things that we've talked about in the past is some of the pressures, specifically on price from more of our ecommerce channels |
| Third quarter adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $5 million compared to a loss of $4.6 million in the third quarter of last year |
| What's your confidence level that those, in fact, do hit in Q4? And is there any risk that maybe that and some of the others that you thought would hit in Q4 get pushed into 2024, just given maybe customers managing their year-end budgets? Greg Kress Yeah |
| SG&A expenses for the third quarter were $11 million compared to $7.6 million in the prior year, primarily reflecting increased professional fees and a write-off of certain equipment that will not be utilized in our operation and prepaid services associated with such equipment |
| And then, we've talked a lot about our ecommerce channels and some of the pressure that we've had on that revenue line over time |
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