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The End Of The Day With Ray! Toshiba 9 months FY24 - Ricoh Learn How To Be Profitable From Toshiba
I share the numbers and highlight Toshiba's path towards improving profitability in comparison to Ricoh becoming less profitable!
The End Of The Day With Ray!Thoughts On A Presentation Given By K.M U.S. CEO + Big News On VEIT!
The U.S. CEO of Konica Minolta Gives a presentation in the desert! What the hell is the least of my thoughts! Also Big NEWS from Visual Edge IT - Another senior Leader exits! Stay tuned for another episode with more details coming soon!
The End Of The Day With Ray! OKI 1st 9 Months FY24! Looking at #s I Can See Them Exiting Print
In this episode I discuss OKI and why based on their numbers I can see them exiting all print! They started with transferring their Thailand print manufacturing business to ETRIA. OKI has many deliverables past print they could focus on and grow. Being as small as OKI is, I don't see them growing a print business in a massively declining industry.
The End Of The Day With Ray! Kyocera 1st 9 months Their FY25 - Kyocera Books Impairment!
In this episode I discuss why all the industry’s OEMs must be vigilant to the importance of profitability. Kyocera has exemplified a stewardship towards profitability. That discipline has put them in a great position to weather the storms of disruption. Delivering low operating profit is never good. However, during disruptions it's an occasional inevitable. As the industry continues under pressure it will be those with consistent discipline who will prevail.
The End Of The Day With Ray! Ricoh 1st 9 Months FY24 Terrible Performance Again!
Why does Ricoh perform so terribly especially in their Digital Services Business unit? The first 9 months of FY 24 the Digital Services business unit produced Over 9 Billion dollars in revenues with an operating profit of less than one percent! This happens nearly every quarter. Ricoh is proving to the world that they can not delver offices services profitable! I ask, WHY? Another question is, Do they even care? It really seems they don't!
The End Of The Day With Ray! OKI & ETRIA! Is It OKI's 1st Step In Selling Off Its Print Business?
In this episode I discuss OKI joining ETRIA, Now Ricoh, Toshiba-Tec and OKI. Is OKI just preparing to sell off its print business? I believe yes! I also discuss the other industry actors and their potential alignments!