Demand pull is outrunning the plan for one still-small offering, and the company is visibly re-pointing itself at it
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2017 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO. Need analyze transcript. Need identify offering/initiative small part of company, customer response ahead of prepared, company responding now with more resources. Let's parse. Management discusses many things. Key candidates: RFM (retail flow management) implementation, Huntsville plant, new products (Ranger XP 1000, RZR XP Turbo EPS with dynamics), Slingshot, TAP, military, aftermarket, international. Need find where management says demand/uptake ahead of prepared and company expanding. Look for quotes. Scott: "With Huntsville ramping up nicely and moderating operating at higher level we meet our shipments objectives..." Not necessarily demand ahead. "successful third quarter launches of our all New Ranger XP 1000, RZR XP Turbo EPS with dynamics and Scott Barber demonstrated..." Later: "new RANGER order levels being up 150%, Dynamics being up 200%. So, the dealers are very enthusiastic. We have not retailed out a significant number of units yet, we want to clear through the 2017 inventory. So, we now got both the new RANGER as well as the Dynamics products in the hands of dealers. For those that we have retail, we've been very happy with what we're seeing so far." This is about new products. Customer response? Order levels up 150%, 200% vs what? "order levels being up 150%, Dynamics being up 200%" likely compared to prior? But is that ahead of what company prepared? Not explicitly. Also company responding? They have products in dealers, but not described as adding capacity/staff. Also these are main ORV products, not small relative? New Ranger is core. Another candidate: "Transamerican Auto Parts" acquisition. Not small? TAP is aftermarket, but acquisition. No demand ahead. "Slingshot" - they expect return to growth, not ahead. "Military" - Scott says "military business is just over 50 million in total at this point but we do feel exceptionally good about what John Olson has brought... some really advance technology platforms, we are still leading the ultra -light utility vehicles space and feel really good about where we are positioned with our M-RZR platform and Dagger as well. So, lots of good things happening not only with the U.S.
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