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Note 9 - Segmented Information

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Note 9 - Segmented Information
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
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. Commencing in the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company changed the measure it utilizes to monitor reportable segment performance from adjusted EBITDA, (which was defined as earnings before restructuring charges, interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses on unsettled forward contracts) to each reportable segment’s site contribution (which is calculated by management based on site revenues minus operating expenses, excluding unrealized foreign exchange, corporate allocations and restructuring expenses). 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, and by which the chief operating decision maker makes decisions about resources to be allocated to its operating segments. 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 originates the shipment of product to the end customer, irrespective of the product’s destination. Information about the reportable segments is as follows:


   

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June 29, 2014

   

June 28, 2015

   

June 29, 2014

 

Revenues

                               

Mexico

   $ 39,155     $ 38,945     $ 74,762     $ 77,702  

China

     12,150       15,159       21,492       30,689  

U.S.

     9,008       13,849       15,586       26,541  

Total

   $ 60,313     $ 67,953     $ 111,840     $ 134,932  
                                 

Intersegment revenue

                                

Mexico

   $ (105 )   $ (142 )   $ (210 )   $ (507 )

China

     (2,426 )     (3,758 )     (5,090 )     (7,024 )

U.S.

     (41 )     (6,069 )     (85 )     (11,394 )

Total

   $ (2,572 )   $ (9,969 )   $ (5,385 )   $ (18,925 )
                                 

Net external revenue

                               

Mexico

   $ 39,050     $ 38,803     $ 74,552     $ 77,195  

China

     9,724       11,401       16,402       23,665  

U.S.

     8,967       7,780       15,501       15,147  

Total segment revenue (which also equals consolidated revenue)

   $ 57,741     $ 57,984     $ 106,455     $ 116,007  
                                 

Site Contribution

                                

Mexico

   $ 2,779     $ 2,016     $ 5,675     $ 3,489  

China

     664       1,125       485       1,840  

U.S.

     491       874       969       2,581  

Total

   $ 3,934     $ 4,015     $ 7,129     $ 7,910  

Corporate allocations

     3,257       3,537       6,171       7,207  

Unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments

     (789 )     (851 )     (471 )     (1,094 )

Interest

     304       473       614       867  

Restructuring charges

     —       509       —       1,179  

Income (loss) before income taxes

   $ 1,162     $ 347     $ 815     $ (249 )

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 and six months ended June 28, 2015 and June 29, 2014:


   

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Mexico

   $ 313     $ 2,105     $ 396     $ 2,282  

China

     252       39       627       39  

U.S.

     379       57       385       112  

Segment total

     934       2,201       1,398       2,433  

Corporate and other

     13       92       39       112  

Total

   $ 957     $ 2,293     $ 1,447     $ 2,545  

Property, plant and equipment (a)


   

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2015

   

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2014

  

Mexico

   $ 11,729     $ 12,556  

China

     3,240       3,001  

U.S.

     1,836       1,776  

Segment total

     16,805       17,333  

Corporate and other

     230       257  

Total assets

   $ 17,035     $ 17,590  

 

(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 June 28, 2015 and June 29, 2014:


   

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U.S.

   $ 43,548     $ 51,048     $ 79,260     $ 103,331  

Canada

     13,548       5,358       25,995       9,733  

Europe

     —       —       —       284  

China

     645       1,578       1,200       2,655  

Mexico

     —       —       —       4  

Total

   $ 57,741     $ 57,984     $ 106,455     $ 116,007  

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 June 28, 2015, two customers exceeded 10% of total revenues representing 17.1% and 11.3% respectively (June 29, 2014 – three customers represented 30%, 12.7% and 11%) of total revenue for the second quarter of 2015. During the six months ended June 28, 2015 two customers individually comprised 19.1% and 14.2% (June 29, 2014 – three customers individually comprised 33%, 13.1% and 10.1%) of total revenue for the six months ended June 28, 2015.


As of June 28, 2015, these two customers represented 16.8% and 5.6% respectively, (as of December 28, 2014, these customers represented 14.3% and 20.8% respectively) of the Company’s accounts receivable.