Summary of Conference Call for Yiheda Company Overview - Yiheda's 2025 stock incentive plan covers 90 employees, aimed at enhancing product quality, digital transformation, and supply chain management to address revenue and gross margin declines, thereby strengthening core competitiveness [2][5][6] Key Points and Arguments - **Stock Incentive Plan**: The plan uses revenue and gross margin as performance metrics, allowing for 100% unlocking upon achieving targets, 80% for partial achievement, and no unlocking if below the baseline, reflecting the company's commitment to improving product quality and profitability [2][7] - **June 2025 Orders**: Orders in June showed a slight decrease compared to May, with the automotive sector maintaining stable growth and a shift from client hesitation to proactive production preparation [2][9][10] - **Lithium Battery Sector**: Significant recovery in the lithium battery sector, with a 48% year-on-year growth, and stable gross margins expected to outperform last year due to a focus on order quality [4][11] - **Solar Energy Sector**: Solar revenue accounted for approximately 4% in the first half of the year, with manageable impairment risks due to strict accounts receivable management [2][12] - **Collaboration with Huawei Cloud**: The partnership focuses on data visualization and predictive analytics to optimize supply chain management and improve customer experience [2][13][14] Industry Insights - **Automotive Industry**: The automotive sector shows stable growth, with major clients performing well and a positive outlook for the second half of the year [4][10] - **Semiconductor Sector**: Despite a small market share, the semiconductor sector maintains a year-on-year growth rate of over 20% [4] - **Overseas Expansion**: Yiheda is expanding its overseas business, with a focus on Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe, aiming to capture global opportunities for long-term growth [2][19] Additional Important Information - **Management Efficiency**: The collaboration with Huawei Cloud is expected to enhance internal management efficiency and operational processes [2][13] - **Executive Shareholding**: Executives and venture capitalists have reduced their holdings in the first half of 2025, but no significant reduction plans are anticipated for the second half [2][16] - **Supply Chain Management**: The company maintains a self-manufacturing ratio of over 50%, with outsourcing for specialized products [20] - **Online Sales Impact**: The increase in gross margin is not solely dependent on online sales, but also on improving existing customer purchase frequency and attracting new clients [22] - **Robot Industry Outlook**: Yiheda sees potential in the robot industry, anticipating that successful mass production could lead to significant growth opportunities [24] - **Third Quarter Outlook**: The company expects continued growth in Q3 2025, particularly in the lithium battery and PC tablet sectors, although specific numerical guidance is not available due to short order cycles [3][25]