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Note 9 - Segmented Information

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Note 9 - Segmented Information
3 Months Ended
Apr. 02, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
9
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Segmented information
 
    
General description
 
The Company is operated and managed geographically and has production facilities in the United States, Mexico and China. The Company utilizes reportable segment’s site contribution (site revenues minus operating expenses, excluding unrealized foreign exchange, corporate allocations and restructuring expenses) to monitor reportable segment performance. Site contribution is utilized by the chief operating decision-maker as the indicator of reportable segment performance, as it reflects costs which our operating site management is directly responsible for. Intersegment adjustments reflect intersegment sales that are generally recorded at prices that approximate arm’s-length transactions. In assessing the performance of the reportable segments, management attributes site revenue to the reportable segment that ships the product to the customer, irrespective of the product’s destination. Information about the reportable segments is as follows:
 
 
 
Three months ended
 
 
 
April
2
, 201
7
 
 
April
3
, 201
6
 
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
22,491
    $
26,792
 
China
   
8,322
     
11,657
 
U.S.
   
4,982
     
5,958
 
Total
  $
35,795
    $
44,407
 
Intersegment revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
(12
)   $
(116
)
China
   
(2,511
)    
(2,309
)
U.S.
   
(94
)    
(62
)
Total
  $
(2,617
)   $
(2,487
)
Net external revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
22,479
    $
26,676
 
China
   
5,811
     
9,348
 
U.S.
   
4,888
     
5,896
 
Total segment revenue (which also equals consolidated revenue)
  $
33,178
    $
41,920
 
Site Contribution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
1,347
    $
2,528
 
China
   
425
     
615
 
U.S.
   
(435
)    
32
 
Total
  $
1,337
    $
3,175
 
Corporate allocations
   
2,814
     
2,889
 
Unrealized foreign exchange gain on unsettled forward exchange contracts
   
(1,272
)    
(1,046
)
Interest
   
179
     
231
 
Restructuring charges
   
     
176
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $
(384
)   $
925
 
  
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
The following table contains additions, including those acquired through capital leases, to property, plant and equipment for the
three
months ended:
 
 
 
Three months ended
 
 
 
April
2
, 201
7
 
 
April
3
, 201
6
 
Mexico
  $
155
    $
181
 
China
   
66
     
159
 
U.S.
   
75
     
237
 
Segment total
   
296
     
577
 
Corporate and other
   
5
     
56
 
Total
  $
301
    $
633
 
    
Property, plant and equipment
(a)
 
 
 
April
2
, 201
7
 
 
January 1, 2017
 
Mexico
  $
8,463
    $
8,858
 
China
   
2,885
     
2,314
 
U.S
   
2,240
     
3,046
 
Segment total
   
13,588
     
14,218
 
Corporate and other
   
171
     
219
 
Segment assets
  $
13,759
    $
14,437
 
 
 
(a)
Property, plant and equipment information is based on the principal location of the asset.
 
Geographic revenues
 
The following table contains geographic revenues based on the product shipment destination, for the
three
months ended
April
2,
2017
and
April
3,
2016:
 
 
 
Three months ended
 
 
 
April
2
, 201
7
 
 
April
3
, 201
6
 
U.S.
  $
25,938
    $
29,184
 
Canada
   
5,422
     
8,964
 
Europe
   
     
791
 
China
   
1,311
     
1,111
 
Africa
   
507
     
1,870
 
Total
  $
33,178
    $
41,920
 
 
Significant customers and concentration of credit risk
 
Sales of the Company’s products are concentrated in certain cases among specific customers in the same industry. The Company is subject to concentrations of credit risk in trade receivables. The Company considers concentrations of credit risk in establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts and believes the recorded allowances are adequate.
 
The Company expects to continue to depend upon a relatively small number of customers for a significant percentage of its revenue. In addition to having a limited number of customers, the Company manufactures a limited number of products for each customer. If the Company loses any of its larger customers or any product line manufactured for
one
of its larger customers, it could experience a significant reduction in revenue. Also, the insolvency of
one
or more of its larger customers or the inability of
one
or more of its larger customers to pay for its orders could decrease revenue. As many costs and operating expenses are relatively fixed, a reduction in net revenue can decrease profit margins and adversely affect the business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
During the
three
months ended
April
2,
2017,
one
customer exceeded
10%
of total revenues, comprising of
10.7%
of total revenue across all geographic segments. During the
three
months ended
April
3,
2016,
two
customers exceeded
10%
of total revenues, comprising
14.2%
and
14.0%,
respectively of total revenue across all geographic segments.
 
As of
April
2,
2017,
two
customers represented
12.0%
and
11.4%
(January
1,
2017,
one
customer represented
11.8%)
of the Company’s trade accounts receivable. No other customers exceeded
10%
of the Company’s trade accounts receivable.