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Note 9 - Segmented Information

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Note 9 - Segmented Information
6 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]
9.
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 gain (loss) on unsettled forward exchange contracts, 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
   
Six months ended
 
   
July
1
,
201
8
   
July
2
,
201
7
   
July
1
,
201
8
   
July
2
,
201
7
 
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
35,581
    $
23,996
    $
64,654
    $
46,487
 
China
   
5,786
     
7,775
     
11,019
     
16,097
 
U.S.
   
5,331
     
3,928
     
10,586
     
8,910
 
Total
  $
46,698
    $
35,699
    $
86,259
    $
71,494
 
                                 
Intersegment revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
(618
)   $
    $
(738
)   $
(12
)
China
   
(1,552
)    
(2,659
)
   
(3,779
)    
(5,170
)
U.S.
   
(49
)    
(45
)
   
(143
)    
(139
)
Total
  $
(2,219
)   $
(2,704
)
  $
(4,660
)   $
(5,321
)
                                 
Net external revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
34,963
    $
23,996
    $
63,916
    $
46,475
 
China
   
4,234
     
5,116
     
7,240
     
10,927
 
U.S.
   
5,282
     
3,883
     
10,443
     
8,771
 
Total segment revenue (which also equals consolidated revenue)
  $
44,479
    $
32,995
    $
81,599
    $
66,173
 
                                 
Site Contribution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
  $
3,209
    $
1,338
    $
5,715
    $
2,685
 
China
   
314
     
(1,599
)
   
442
     
(1,174
)
U.S.
   
(62
)    
(1,679
)
   
(39
)    
(2,114
)
Total
  $
3,461
    $
(1,940
)
  $
6,118
    $
(603
)
                                 
Corporate allocations
   
2,736
     
2,635
     
5,371
     
5,449
 
Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss on unsettled forward exchange contracts
   
89
     
(284
)
   
(230
)    
(1,556
)
Interest
   
403
     
217
     
710
     
396
 
Restructuring charges
   
96
     
1,351
     
96
     
1,351
 
Earnings (loss) before income taxes
  $
137
    $
(5,859
)
  $
171
    $
(6,243
)
 
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment
 
The following table contains additions to property, plant and equipment including those acquired through capital leases for the
three
and
six
months ended
July 1, 2018
and
July 2, 2017:
 
   
Three months ended
   
Six months ended
 
   
July
1
,
2018
   
July
2
,
2017
   
July
1
,
2018
   
July
2
,
2017
 
Mexico
  $
2,288
    $
25
    $
2,376
    $
180
 
China
   
8
     
9
     
8
     
75
 
U.S.
   
552
     
234
     
558
     
309
 
Segment total
   
2,848
     
268
     
2,942
     
564
 
Corporate and other
   
107
     
118
     
110
     
124
 
Total
  $
2,955
    $
386
    $
3,052
    $
688
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
(a)
 
   
July
1
, 201
8
   
December
3
1, 2017
   
Mexico
  $
8,810
    $
7,518
   
China
   
1,161
     
1,380
   
U.S
   
1,571
     
1,188
   
Segment total
   
11,542
     
10,086
   
Corporate and other
   
190
     
183
   
Segment assets
  $
11,732
    $
10,269
   
 
(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
and
six
months ended
July 1, 2018
and
July 2, 2017:
 
   
Three months ended
   
Six months ended
 
   
July
1
,
2018
   
July
2
,
2017
   
July
1
,
2018
   
July
2
,
2017
 
U.S.
  $
34,699
    $
24,101
    $
64,829
    $
50,175
 
Canada
   
7,857
     
5,082
     
13,018
     
10,504
 
China
   
1,923
     
1,181
     
3,752
     
2,356
 
Africa
   
     
2,631
     
     
3,138
 
Total
  $
44,479
    $
32,995
    $
81,599
    $
66,173
 
 
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.
 
As of
July 1, 2018,
three
customers exceeded
10%
of total revenues representing
14.4%,
10.4%,
and
10.0%
respectively (
July 2, 2017 –
four
customers represented
13.5%,
11.4%,
11.0%
and
10.3%
) of total revenue for the
second
quarter of
2017.
During the
six
months ended
July 1, 2018,
three
customers individually comprised
13.9%,
10.4%
and
10.1%
respectively (
July 2, 2017 –
three
customers individually comprised
12.1%,
10.3%
and
10.1%
) of total revenue.
 
As of
July 1, 2018,
three
customers represented
19.0%,
13.0%
and
10.9%
(
December 31, 2017,
three
customers represented
14.0%,
14.0%
and
12.0%
), respectively of the Company’s trade accounts receivable.
No
other customers exceeded
10%
of the Company’s trade accounts receivable.