Note 2. Accounting Policies (Notes) | 6 Months Ended |
Jun. 30, 2013 |
Accounting Policies [Abstract] | |
Accounting Policies | Accounting Policies |
Principles of Consolidation |
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ART and its wholly owned subsidiary, Micron Products, Inc. ("Micron"). The Company's Pennsylvania subsidiary, RMDDxUSA Corp., and its Prince Edward Island subsidiary, RMDDx Corporation, collectively "WirelessDx", discontinued operations in the third quarter of 2012 and are presented herein as discontinued operations. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. |
Revenue Recognition |
Revenue is recorded when all criteria for revenue recognition have been satisfied, which is generally when goods are shipped to the Company's customers. Product revenue is recognized in the period when persuasive evidence of an arrangement with a customer exists, the products are shipped and title has transferred to the customer, the price is fixed or determined and collection is probable. |
The Company defers revenue recognition on the sale of certain molds and tools, as well as certain engineering and validation services (collectively "Tooling"), until customer acceptance, including inspection and installation requirements, as defined, are achieved. The Company evaluates arrangements with potential multiple elements to determine if there is more than one unit of accounting. |
The Company enters into arrangements containing multiple elements which may include a combination of the sale of molds, tooling, engineering and validation services and production units. The Company has determined that sale of certain molds, tooling, engineering and validation services, and the production units, represent one unit of accounting, based on an assessment of the respective standalone value, as defined in ASC 605-25, “Revenue Recognition: Multiple - Element Arrangements.” |
The Company evaluates the merits and individual uniqueness of each transaction, the related product(s), and the customer, to determine if the arrangement qualifies for revenue recognition as multiple element arrangements. The Company determined that the estimated product life-cycle, and historical knowledge of the customer will determine the appropriate life over which the deferred revenue will be amortized into revenue, which generally takes place within two to five years of the initiation of the arrangement. Revenue for the production units is recognized upon shipment. |
The Company cannot adequately predict short-term or long-term future production units in a consistent and meaningful manner given the prototyping and sampling nature of these molds and associated products. Many of these products require validation of a new design or acceptable end product and their viability in their respective competitive marketplaces. Therefore, the future production possibilities are unpredictable and sometimes volatile making the Company unable to account for the transactions under the Units of Production method. Therefore, management has determined that the most appropriate method of amortizing the amounts into revenue is the straight-line method. Furthermore, the Company will use these factors in determining when it may be appropriate to accelerate remaining deferred revenue into income for products sold to customers who may have excessive time lags between the making of the mold and the production of units from the mold. |
In connection with the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company reviewed the accounting treatment of revenue recognition for certain Tooling transactions and their relation to molding or machining of production units for sale to the customer. As a result of such review, management determined that the Company had been incorrectly recognizing revenue for certain Tooling transactions by not deferring the related revenue in accordance with guidance set forth in ASC 605-25, “Revenue Recognition: Multiple - Element Arrangements.” |
The Company determined that the errors were not material individually or in the aggregate to the overall presentation of any of the prior reporting periods, and therefore, amendments of previously filed reports were not required. However, the Company revised prior years as more fully described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. As such, the statement of operations, statement of cash flows and the applicable notes to the consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, included in this Form 10-Q, have been revised to reflect the correction of these errors as more fully described in Note 11. |
The Company also recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 985-605 "Software - Revenue Recognition" for software licenses it sells. Revenue is recognized when licenses are sold as the revenue cycle is completed with no warranty, returns or technical support to customers. Total revenue from software sales was immaterial in relation to consolidated revenues. |
Fair value of financial instruments |
The carrying amount reported in the balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value due to the immediate or short-term nature of such instruments. |
The Company had lines of credit with outstanding balances of $2,174,493 and $800,000 at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, which approximates the fair value of these instruments due to the variable interest rates. |
The carrying amount of the Company's long-term debt in the form of a commercial term loan was $1,177,905, net of the current portion of $277,052, as of June 30, 2013. The term of this loan is five years with a fixed interest rate of 4.25% per annum. Management believes that given the fact that this term loan was entered into in the current period being reporting herein, that its carrying value approximates its fair value. |
The carrying amount of the Company's long-term and respective short-term portion of Equipment notes was $196,539 and $50,516, at June 30, 2013, respectively. Management believes that given the fact that these Equipment notes were entered into in January 2013, that their carrying value approximates their fair value. |
At December 31, 2012, the Company had two Equipment notes with balances outstanding in the amounts of $991,213 and $267,043, respectively, that were paid off in April 2013 and rolled into the commercial term loan noted above. |
Concentration of credit risk |
Financial instruments which potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk, as defined by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 310 “Receivables”, consist primarily of trade accounts receivable and cash. |
Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. A large portion of the Company's products are sold to large diversified medical and defense product manufacturers. The Company does not generally require collateral for its sales; however, the Company believes that its terms of sale provide adequate protection against significant credit risk. Currently, the Company generally does not receive purchase volume commitments extending beyond several months. Large corporations can shift focus away from a need for the Company’s products and services with little or no warning. The loss of any one or more of these customers may have an immediate significant adverse effect on our financial results. |
It is the Company’s policy to place its cash in high quality financial institutions. The Company does not believe significant credit risk exists above federally insured limits with respect to these institutions. |
Cash and cash equivalents |
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and on deposit in high quality financial institutions with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. |
Restricted cash |
Restricted cash consists of cash on deposit at the Bank of Nova Scotia in lieu of a letter of credit associated with a performance guarantee liability (Note 9). |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
Management regularly reviews accounts receivable to determine if any receivables will potentially be uncollectible. The Company includes any accounts receivable balances that are determined to be uncollectible, along with a general reserve, in the Company's overall allowance for doubtful accounts. After all attempts to collect a receivable have failed, the receivable is written off against the allowance. Based on the information available to the Company, management believes the allowance for doubtful accounts of $40,000 and $117,098 as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, are adequate. |
Inventories |
The Company values its inventory at the lower of average cost (FIFO) or net realizable value. The Company reviews its inventory for quantities in excess of production requirements, obsolescence and for compliance with internal quality specifications. Any adjustments to inventory would be equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated net market value based upon assumptions about future demand, market conditions and expected cost to distribute those products to market. The Company records adjustments to account for potential scrap during normal manufacturing operations or potential obsolescence for slow moving inventory. |
Prepaid tooling |
Costs related to the pre-production design and development for certain Tooling activities are classified as other current and other non-current assets as applicable. Prepaid Tooling costs include such costs associated with the production of tools sold to customers, for which the Company is recording corresponding deferred revenue. As deferred revenue is amortized into revenue, the associated prepaid tooling costs are expensed to cost of sales. |
Property, plant and equipment |
Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost and include expenditures which substantially extend their useful lives. Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred. When equipment is retired or sold, the resulting gain or loss is reflected in earnings. |
Long-lived and intangible assets |
In accordance with ASC 360, "Long-Lived Assets," the Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets and intangible assets with finite lives whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be fully recoverable. The net loss reported in the second quarter resulted in a twelve quarter cumulative loss, which the Company determined was a triggering event. As a result of this triggering event the Company reviewed the carrying value and lives of the long-lived assets using an undiscounted cash flow model and determined that no impairment existed as of June 30, 2013. |
Intangible assets consist of the following: |
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| 30-Jun-13 | | 31-Dec-12 |
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| Weighted average remaining life (years) | Gross | Accumulated Amortization** | Net | | Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net |
Patents and Trademarks | 13 | $ | 478,255 | | $ | (451,829 | ) | $ | 26,426 | | | $ | 480,750 | | $ | (456,361 | ) | $ | 24,389 | |
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Patents and Trademarks* | — | 142,087 | | — | | 142,087 | | | 110,702 | | — | | 110,702 | |
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Trade names | 9 | 33,250 | | (13,416 | ) | 19,834 | | | 33,250 | | (12,250 | ) | 21,000 | |
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Total Intangible assets: | | $ | 653,592 | | $ | (465,245 | ) | $ | 188,347 | | | $ | 624,702 | | $ | (468,611 | ) | $ | 156,091 | |
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* Patents and Trademarks not yet in service. |
** Reflects adjustment of $4,392 to correct year to date accumulated amortization |
Income taxes |
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740 “Income Taxes,” which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. |
As of June 30, 2013, the Company has recorded twelve consecutive quarters of pre-tax losses. Additionally, management’s projections of future income in the face of challenging market conditions, and the impact of identified tax planning strategies, creates uncertainty regarding the Company's ability to realize its deferred tax assets pursuant to the “more-likely-than-not” standard , as defined in ASC 740-10-30-5. Accordingly, the Company has discretely recorded tax expense to establish a full valuation allowance on its beginning of the year deferred tax assets. |
Management evaluated and weighted all available evidence, both positive and negative, through June 30, 2013, and determined that the weight of negative evidence occurring in the second quarter makes it difficult to form a supportable conclusion that a valuation allowance is not needed. Factors such as projected increases in cost of sales, overall sales volumes from key customers and the continued volatility in the silver market negatively impacted the second quarter re-forecast of pre-tax earnings and the analysis of future taxable income. Consequently, management has determined that the Company can no longer support the realization of its deferred tax assets, at a more-likely-than-not standard, and has identified the second quarter of 2013 as the appropriate period to record a full valuation allowance, on its beginning of the year deferred tax assets of $2,267,969. |
For the year ended December 31, 2012, a valuation allowance of $470,900 was maintained against certain state and foreign deferred tax assets for which the realization of tax benefit was not more likely than not. Management determined that no change was necessary in the valuation allowance for the three or six months ended June 30, 2013. |
Share-based compensation |
The Company accounts for share-based compensation under the provisions of ASC 718 “Stock Compensation,” which establishes accounting for equity instruments exchanged for employee services. Under ASC 718, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the employee’s requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). |
Comprehensive income |
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 220 “Comprehensive Income,” which establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income, its components, and accumulated balances. Comprehensive income is defined to include all changes in equity, except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. There were no changes in comprehensive income in the three or six months ended June 30, 2013. The Company has accumulated comprehensive income of $42,502 from changes in currency valuations with our discontinued Canadian operations as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. |
Preferred stock |
The Company has 2,000,000 shares of $1 par value preferred stock authorized. No shares have been issued. |
(Loss) earnings per share data |
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 260 “Earnings Per Share,” which requires the Company to present its basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share, and certain other earnings per share disclosures for each period presented. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. The computation of diluted earnings per share is similar to the computation of basic earnings per share except that the denominator is increased to include the average number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued. In addition, the numerator is adjusted for any changes in income that would result from the assumed conversions of those potential shares. As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 there were 268,000 and 285,000 options outstanding, respectively, that were anti-dilutive and were not included in the calculation of earnings or loss per share. |
Basic and diluted EPS computations are as follows: |
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| | Three months ended June 30, | | Six months ended June 30, | | | | | | | | |
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| | 2013 | | 2012 Revised | | 2013 | | 2012 Revised | | | | | | | | |
Net loss available to common shareholders | $ | (2,890,191 | ) | $ | (1,045,083 | ) | $ | (2,895,861 | ) | $ | (1,481,003 | ) | | | | | | | | |
Weighted average common shares outstanding | | 2,704,239 | | | 2,790,514 | | | 2,704,239 | | | 2,790,514 | | | | | | | | | |
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(Loss) income per share - basic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Continuing operations | | (1.06 | ) | | (0.10 | ) | | (1.06 | ) | | 0.02 | | | | | | | | | |
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Discontinued operations | | — | | | (0.27 | ) | | (0.01 | ) | | (0.55 | ) | | | | | | | | |
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Loss per share - basic | $ | (1.06 | ) | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (1.07 | ) | $ | (0.53 | ) | | | | | | | | |
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Net loss available to common shareholders | $ | (2,890,191 | ) | $ | (1,045,083 | ) | $ | (2,895,861 | ) | $ | (1,481,003 | ) | | | | | | | | |
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic | | 2,704,239 | | | 2,790,514 | | | 2,704,239 | | | 2,790,514 | | | | | | | | | |
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Assumed conversion of net common shares issuable under stock option plans | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | | | | | | | |
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Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding, diluted | | 2,704,239 | | | 2,790,514 | | | 2,704,239 | | | 2,790,514 | | | | | | | | | |
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(Loss) income per share - diluted | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Continuing operations | | (1.06 | ) | | (0.10 | ) | | (1.06 | ) | | 0.02 | | | | | | | | | |
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Discontinued operations | | — | | | (0.27 | ) | | (0.01 | ) | | (0.55 | ) | | | | | | | | |
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Loss per share - diluted | $ | (1.06 | ) | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (1.07 | ) | $ | (0.53 | ) | | | | | | | | |
Segments |
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 280 “Segment Reporting,” which requires reporting of selected information about operating segments in interim and annual financial statements issued to the public. It also establishes standards for disclosures regarding products and services, geographic areas, and major customers. ASC 280 defines operating segments as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities that may earn revenues and incur expenses, which have separate financial information available, and are evaluated regularly by the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. |
In 2012, the Company determined that the Company's results will be reported as one segment due to the discontinued operations of its WirelessDx segment and since the results of its previously reported ART segment were not quantitatively material and were not regularly reviewed by the CODM. |
Research and development |
Research and development expenses include costs directly attributable to the conduct of research and development programs primarily related to the development of our software products and improving the efficiency and capabilities of our manufacturing processes. Such costs include salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefit costs, materials, supplies, depreciation on research equipment, and services provided by outside contractors. All costs associated with research and development programs are expensed as incurred. |
Recent accounting pronouncements |
In January 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2013-01 "Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities". The main objective of this update is to address implementation issues about the scope of ASU 2011-11 "Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities", as well as to clarify the scope of the offsetting disclosures and address any unintended consequences of ASU 2011-11. This update helps clarify the scope of disclosures as they apply to derivatives accounted for in accordance with Topic 815 "Derivatives and Hedging". An entity is required to apply the amendments for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and provide the required disclosures retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. At present the Company does not have any derivatives as outlined in Topic 815, including bifurcated embedded derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, or securities borrowings or securities lending transactions. As such, the Company does not expect this update to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations or financial position. |
Reclassifications |
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation, primarily related to discontinued operations and deferred revenue. In the third quarter of 2012, the Company discontinued the operations of the Company's WirelessDx subsidiaries and has therefore reclassified the June 30, 2012 results of the WirelessDx subsidiaries as discontinued operations. In 2012, the Company revised prior period balances to correct errors in the revenue recognition of certain Tooling transactions (Note 11). |