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 — Q4 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if management describes an identifiable offering with both: (1) customer response running ahead of what company prepared for, and (2) company responding now by putting more behind it. Also that offering is still small relative to total business. From transcript: They discuss casino and gaming market. They say demand is high, they added production lines. They added a fourth production line in Q4, just starting to manufacture. They say "We are breaking sales delivery and backlog numbers for our printers at record pace, and this shows no signs of slowing in 2023." They also mention they are hoping to work into inventory position vs air shipping. They say "we are trying to meet the demand" and "the fourth production line is up and running." They also mention they are assuming they maintain market share, but they have backlog. They say "our casino customers would buy and we would ship, we always had inventory. And now they're replacing orders months ahead of time." So demand is ahead of what they prepared? They added production lines because of demand. They also mention they are adding capacity. But is casino and gaming a small part of the business? Actually casino and gaming is a major part - Q4 revenue $11M out of $18M total, so it's the majority. So that is not small relative to total business. The question asks for an offering that is still clearly smaller part of company's overall results today. Casino and gaming is the largest segment. So that doesn't qualify. What about FST? They discuss FST recurring revenue, but they don't describe demand running ahead of preparation. They mention they are working with QSRs, but that's future. They added terminals but below expectations. They say "we did see a certain amount of fourth quarter sales get pushed into the first and second quarters." That's not demand ahead of plan. They also mention SMB market closed two chains, but that's not described as running ahead. What about POS automation? They had a special project, but that's over. Not small. So the only clear case of demand exceeding preparation is casino and gaming, but that is the main business, not small. So answer NO. Also check if they describe any other offering? They mention BOHA! terminal, but that's part of FST. No. Thus answer NO.
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