UMS Holdings

[KopiKat]

To know whether UMS is experiencing increase revenue or not..
Just pop down to APPLIED MATERIALS MFG plant in Changi on a weekly basis...

Observer the no. of crates there..
More crates observed near the loading/unloading bay = MORE FACTORY ACTIVITY = MORE SALES la..

Can't reveal which company i worked for but that is how we insiders gauge whether how my company is doing...

LOL...

"The company (Applied Material) revised its calendar year 2012 industry forecast for wafer fab equipment spending to $30 to $33 billion, compared to its previous expectation of $32 to $35 billion, in line with the market changes"

http://www.appliedmaterials.com/newsroom...ent-demand

I would rather rely on this official channel to gauge the fab equipment sales of Applied Materials, which I think has less credibility and reliability issues than your method of counting crates.

I had the opportunity to work in a zipper factory (assemby zips) in my younger days. Altho' biz wasn't that good, they do rx lots of crates which I'd assumed to be zipper parts. I always wondered why as it doesn't seem to relate to the actual biz vol, perhaps they were taking advantage of an over supply situation to stock up on inventory. One fine day, when they were very short handed and they'd deemed me to be trust worthy, I was roped in to help with the crates. When I opened them, I was very surprised not to find zipper parts but rather, almost anything else but zipper parts! Apparently, the enterprising owner also has a lot of other side biz...Don't ask me if it was legal, I was only a kid then..

I have some other examples from working life in MNC. But, I won't be posting here as till today, I don't know whether those numerous crates of stuff that came in to be written off and moved out to be disposed is right or not...

Moral of the story... What you see may not be what you think...The biz world out there is a lot more complicated than you think..

PS. It may work for F&B / Retail type of biz tho'