Running hot in customers' hands: existing deployments are being used harder than they were sized for
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2018 call → NOWe need to determine if management describes existing customers using the product more intensively than originally planned, with heavier usage observed in current business. The transcript discusses various brands, but the key is whether there's a pattern of existing customers consuming more per account, or usage intensity increasing beyond expectations. Looking through the transcript: Greg Creed mentions KFC Australia with 4% same-store sales growth, two-year stack of 11%, 75% transaction growth. That's same-store sales growth, which is about existing customers spending more, but is that "heavier usage" or just normal growth? Same-store sales growth is a standard metric, not necessarily indicating that customers are using the product more intensively than planned. The question asks about "usage, volumes, or activity per existing account growing noticeably faster than the count of accounts" or "existing base running hot." Same-store sales growth is a common measure, but it doesn't necessarily imply that the intensity is beyond what was expected. The question specifically asks about "heavier usage described as actually observable in the current business" and "ahead of what the company or the customer originally planned for." There's no mention of capacity constraints, utilization rates, or customers outgrowing their arrangements. The transcript also discusses delivery, but that's about new capabilities being rolled out, not existing customers using more. There's mention of Pizza Hut customer satisfaction improving, but that's not about usage intensity. The only possible candidate is the KFC Australia example, but it's just same-store sales growth, which is a standard performance metric. The question requires that the heavier usage is "ahead of what the company or the customer originally planned for" and that it's "observable in the current business." There's no explicit statement that usage is exceeding expectations or that the existing base is consuming more per customer than before in a way that's straining capacity or beyond plans. Also, the question says "the pressure originates in OBSERVED USAGE BEHAVIOR of customers the company already has — the existing base is running hot." Same-store sales growth could be due to price increases, new products, or marketing, not necessarily heavier usage.
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