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Liquidity and Going Concern
9 Months Ended
Jun. 01, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Liquidity and Going Concern Discloure [Text Block]

Note 1 Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business and do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the possible inability of the Company to continue as a going concern.

 

We have experienced recurring net losses from operations, which have caused an accumulated deficit of approximately $24,079,000 at June 1, 2012. We had a working capital deficit of approximately $6,151,000 at June 1, 2012 compared to $4,441,000 at September 2, 2011.

 

Our cash flow requirements during the first nine months of fiscal 2012 were financed by our working capital as the outstanding balance of our loan facility was at the maximum limit of $4,250,000 throughout the first nine months of fiscal 2012. At July 13, 2012, the outstanding balance on the line of credit remained at the maximum limit of $4,250,000 and our cash balances were approximately $220,000.

 

Our backlog scheduled to ship within eighteen months was approximately $1.8 million at June 1, 2012, compared to $3.5 million at September 2, 2011, and $5.2 million at June 3, 2011. Approximately $607,000 of the June 1, 2012 backlog is scheduled to ship during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 and approximately $307,000 during the first quarter of fiscal 2013.

 

Our bookings and revenues to date in fiscal 2012 and during the prior fiscal year have been insufficient to attain profitable operations and to provide adequate levels of cash flow from operations. During the first, second and third quarters of fiscal 2012 bookings were approximately $900,000, $987,000 and $947,000, respectively, compared to $3.2 million, $700,000 and $1.6 million, respectively, in the same periods of fiscal 2011. During all of fiscal year 2011, bookings were $6.4 million. These bookings were well below our expectations primarily as a result of customer delays in purchasing decisions, deferral of project expenditures and general adverse economic and credit conditions. Subsequent to June 1, 2012, additional bookings through July 13, 2012, were approximately $454,000. The amount of orders scheduled to ship during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 and first quarter of fiscal 2013 from the June 1, 2012 backlog, along with bookings subsequent to June 1, 2012, are insufficient to provide adequate levels of liquidity during those periods. Significant fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2013 shippable bookings are currently required to meet our quarterly financial and cash flow projections for the remainder of fiscal 2012 and for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 and beyond. There can be no assurances that the Company will be able to achieve its projected level of bookings and revenues in 2012 and beyond.

 

Our day to day liquidity during the third quarter of fiscal 2012 and continuing to date has been adversely impacted by our low level of revenues and bookings. We currently believe our expected levels of revenues over the next two quarters are insufficient to provide adequate levels of internally generated liquidity during those periods. As a result, we believe we will need to raise additional capital or obtain additional borrowings as supplemental funding to provide adequate liquidity to pay our current level of operating expenses, to provide for anticipated inventory purchases which will be required for our current level of anticipated revenues during the next two fiscal quarters and to reduce past due amounts owed to vendors and service providers.

 

We currently have limited sources of capital, including the public and private placement of equity securities and additional debt financing. No assurances can be given that additional capital or borrowings would be available to allow us to continue as a going concern. If additional capital or borrowings are unavailable, we will likely be forced to significantly curtail or restructure our operations during the remainder of fiscal 2012 and beyond, which would have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue as a going concern and as a result may require the Company to enter into bankruptcy proceedings or cease operations.

 

During prior fiscal years and continuing to date, due to insufficient cash flow from operations and the borrowing limitations under our loan facility, we negotiated extended payment terms with our two offshore vendors and have been extending other vendors well beyond normal payment terms. During the third quarter and continuing to date, due to limited availability of cash, we further delayed payments to vendors and service providers in order to preserve cash balances. We currently expect we will need to further defer scheduled fiscal 2012 fourth quarter payments to an offshore vendor. Until such vendors are paid within normal payment terms, no assurances can be given that required services and materials needed to support operations will continue to be provided. In addition, no assurances can be given that vendors will not pursue legal means to collect past due balances owed. Any interruption of services or materials or initiation of legal means to collect balances owed would likely have an adverse impact on our operations and could impact our ability to continue as a going concern.