Brambles Says Pallet Shortages Constrained 1Q Customer Growth -- Update
Brambles Says Pallet Shortages Constrained 1Q Customer Growth -- Update
By Stuart Condie
斯圖爾特·康迪(Stuart Condie)著
SYDNEY--Brambles Ltd. said North American customer growth was constrained at the start of its 2022 fiscal year by pallet shortages that it doesn't see being resolved until the fourth quarter.
悉尼--Bramble Ltd.説，在其2022財年伊始，北美客户的增長受到托盤短缺的制約，該公司認為這一問題要到第四季度才能得到解決。
The Australia-listed pallet supplier reported sales revenue from continuing operations of US$1.29 billion for July-September, up 9.0% after stripping out the impact of currency swings.
這家在澳大利亞上市的托盤供應商公佈，7-9月持續運營的銷售收入為12.9億美元，剔除匯率波動的影響後增長9.0%。
It said supply-chain disruptions due to shortages of labor and transport contributed to industry-wide scarcity of new pallets. It also experienced lower levels of returns and longer cycle times in North America, where like-for-like volumes declined and new customer growth was stunted.
該公司表示，勞動力和運輸短缺導致的供應鏈中斷，導致整個行業缺乏新托盤。它在北美也經歷了較低的回報水平和較長的週期時間，那裏的同店數量下降，新客户增長受阻。
"We prioritized servicing existing customer demand over new customer wins," Chief Executive Graham Chipchase said.
首席執行官格雷厄姆·奇普切斯(Graham Chipchase)表示：“我們優先考慮服務現有客户需求，而不是贏得新客户。”
Mr. Chipchase said Brambles incurred additional plant and transport costs to collect, relocate and repair existing pallets.
齊普蔡斯説，Bramble在收集、重新安置和修復現有托盤時產生了額外的工廠和運輸成本。
Brambles reiterated its full-year free cashflow and underlying profit guidance. It said it expects sales revenue to grow by 5.0%-7.0%, compared with a forecast of 5.0%-6.0% issued last month.
Bramble重申了其全年自由現金流和潛在利潤指引。該公司表示，預計銷售收入將增長5.0%-7.0%，而上個月發佈的預測為5.0%-6.0%。
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