Once again I have another FedEx parcel that was supposed to arrive by noon. 11:58, get an email saying 'delivery exception, customer not available'. Have they been here yet? Nope.
They do this so that they can say they 'attempted' delivery in time. Keeps the success rates high.
This is how they bid for contracts with big companies, on success rates. But they lie.
Last time this happened they still delivered two hours later. But because they said 'attempted, no-one available' by the delivery time, it still counts +ve for the metrics. When it shouldn't.
This is also why some couriers refuse to show you where the delivery driver is on a map, or a # in the chain you are. They claim it's because they do midday pickups for orders made that day. The truth is they want as little evidence as possible that they missed targets.
Has anyone ever tried claiming postage back for a late delivery? Let me know how that went / how long it took.
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$INTC margins crater for 2024 Q3.
DCAI/NEX up, rest down 🧵
vs 23Q3
💵 Revenue $13.3b, down 6% (Guide 13b)
📈 Gross Margin 15% GAAP, down 27.5pp (Guide 34.5)
💰 Net Income -$16.6b, down from $0.3b
🪙 EPS -$3.88, down from $0.07
Outlook:
💵 Revenue $13.8b, +- $500m
📈 GM 36.5%
➡️Foundry $4.35b, down 8% from $4.83b
➡️DCAI $3.35b, up 9% from $3.08b
➡️CCG $7.33b, down 7% from $7.87b
➡️NEX $1.51b, up 4% from $1.45b
➡️Altera $0.41b, down 44% from $0.74b
➡️MBLY $0.48b, down 8% from $0.53b
Employee count, as of Sep 28, is at 124.1k - down 1200 from last quarter. Not quite the 15k announced quite yet.
$AMD hits a record quarter for 2024 Q3. Their best ever. 🧵
💵 Revenue $6.819b, up 18% YoY
📈 Gross Margin 54%/50%, up 3pp YoY
💰 Op Income $724m, up from 224m
🪙 EPS $0.47, up 161%
Outlook:
💵 Revenue $7.5b, +- $300m
📈 GM 54%
Datacenter - EPYC, Instinct
➡️ Revenue $3.549b, up 122% YoY from $1.598b
➡️ Operating Income $1.041b, up from $0.306b
➡️ Operating Margin 29% , up from 19% YoY
Launched Turin, MI325X. Strong cloud pickup on MI300X, announced the acquisition of ZT Systems.
Client - Ryzen, Ryzen AI
➡️Revenue $1.881b, up 29% YoY from $1.453b
➡️Operating Income is $276m, up from $140m YoY
➡️Operating Margin is 15%, up from 10% YoY
New Ryzen AI 300 mobile devices, ramped Ryzen 9000 desktop, X3D due 7th Nov.