Someone else already paid for the growth: management describes an outside party bearing the cost, risk, or work that exp
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2018 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO based on transcript. Need determine if management describes outside party already bearing cost/risk/work of expanding company's business, with payoff mostly ahead. Let's parse transcript. Management discusses four pillars: ecosystem, digitization, transformation, cost structure. Mentions partnerships: AT&T collaboration, Not Impossible Labs, Kickstarter/Hardware Studio, Microsoft Azure. But are these outside parties bearing cost/risk/work to expand Avnet's business? Need see if management conveys that outside effort is real and underway, cost/risk on other side, payoff mostly ahead. Examples: "IoT connect utilizes enterprise grade Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud" - that's using Microsoft's platform, but not necessarily outside party bearing cost to expand Avnet's business. "collaborating with AT&T and introduced a new system on module IoT solution powered by AT&T IoT services" - AT&T providing services, but is AT&T spending its own money to expand Avnet's business? Not clear. "Hardware Studio, collaboration between Avnet, Dragon Innovation and Kickstarter" - Kickstarter is platform, Dragon Innovation provides manufacturing solutions. But management doesn't say they are bearing cost/risk. Also "we will go live in the Americas with enhanced digital functionality" - that's Avnet's own investment. Question asks: "does management describe that AN OUTSIDE PARTY IS ALREADY BEARING THE COST, RISK, OR WORK OF EXPANDING THIS COMPANY'S BUSINESS" - Need find if any statement conveys that. Management mentions "supplier built incentives" - that's suppliers paying incentives, but that's not expansion of business? Actually "supplier built incentives around which partially contributed to 35 basis points sequential improvement in gross profit margin" - that's suppliers giving incentives, but not necessarily expanding business. Also "we've added six new franchises" - that's Avnet adding suppliers, not outside bearing cost. "Premier Farnell" - acquired, not outside. "cost reduction initiative" - own. "we expect to realize $120 million of annual savings" - own. "we recently announced a key addition to leadership" - own. "we will go live in the Americas with enhanced digital functionality" - own. "we took a major step in that journey when we transitioned our EBV division in Europe to a new ERP system" - own.
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