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Question 1

What does Robobryce produce in Tessland factory?

Answer 1

Manufactures high precision, autonomous equipment

1. Horizontal carousels
2. Vertical Carousels
3. Mobile robots - AGVs, AMRs and robots for G2P and R2G

Question 2

What does Robobryce produce in Darrland factory?

Answer 2

Produces automated and non-autonmous products

1. Forklift trucks - indlucing narrow design types
2. Hand trucks - can be electrically powered but steered by human operators
3. Shelving

Question 3

Describe Robobryce’s ‘service’ offering?

Answer 3

• Consulting to design, install and provide ongoing support for warehouse systems
• We have 800 business advisors assisting at all stages
• Key to support the integration of autonomous devices wiht warehouse management systems (WMS)

Question 4

What makes up our R&D department?

Answer 4

1. 300 mechanical engineers focused on developing the physical attributes of our products
2. 300 electrical engineers focused on powering products (battery life and rapid charge)
3. 300 software engineers working to ensure products can integrate with WMS and to write code for autonomous products

Question 5

What is the industry growth?

Answer 5

Predicted to grow from $2bn to $8bn

Question 6

What are the key financial statistics for Robobryce?

Answer 6

• Revenue - T$14.9bn
• Sales growth - 7.5%
• Operating profit - T$3.2bn (grown 15.4%)
• OP Margin - 22% up from 20.5%
• Dividend pay-out ratio - 22.7%
• Cash reserves - T$167m up from T$124m
• Gearing - 49% (considered ‘low’) down from 52.4%
• Interest cover - 2.98x uo from 2.58x

Question 7

What are the key takeaways from Pavrobots financials?

Answer 7

• They are bigger (revenue TS18bn)
• More efficient profit margins
• Dividend pay-out similar but slightly less
• Pavrobot has significantly higher cash reserves
• They have higher gearign at 52.1% but this is also decreasing
• Interest cover follows the same trend as ours but is higher at 3.22x

Question 8

What are Robobryces Mission and Vision?

Answer 8

Mission: Pursue growth of our business in a manner that advances social wellbeing
Vision: to enhance efficiency of our customers and, in so doing, add value to society

Question 9

What are Robobryces three Values?

Answer 9

1. Enhance social wellbeing and the quality of life
2. Meet stakeholder needs
3. Innovate and to be at the forefront of the implementation of new technologies

Question 10

Summarise Robobryce’s Risk Register

Answer 10

1. Cyclical demand within key customer segments. Customers in competitive industries don’t have much cash to spend on warehousing
2. Customer projects take a long time to complete
3. Currency risk from global operations
4. IT risk due to software from autonomous products
5. Heavy reliance on technical and management staff to stay at the forefront of technology