during 2017 , englobal changed the reporting structure within the company by placing an operational leader in charge of its engineering offices and a separate operational leader in charge of its automation offices , including the office that contracts with government agencies . the operating performance is regularly reviewed with these two operational leaders , the ceo , cfo and others . this group represents the codm for englobal . as a result of the change in reporting structure , effective january 1 , 2017 , the results of egs which were previously included as part of our epcm segment , are now reported within the automation segment . we have revised our segment reporting to reflect our current management approach and recast prior periods to conform to the current segment presentation . our corporate and other expenses that do not individually meet the criteria for segment reporting continue to be reported separately as corporate expenses . comparison of the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 the following table set forth below , for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 , provides financial data that is derived from our consolidated statements of operations ( amounts in thousands , except per share data ) . replace_table_token_2_th replace_table_token_3_th replace_table_token_4_th 16 revenue – overall , our revenue for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 decreased $ 3.5 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 55.8 million from $ 59.2 million . revenue from the automation segment decreased $ 2.0 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 33.1 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to $ 35.2 million for the comparable period in 2016 and revenues from the epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 5.9 % , to $ 22.6 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 24.0 million for the comparable period in 2016. our 2017 revenue for the epcm segment continued to be negatively impacted by the sustained reduction in oil and gas prices and the resulting drop in our clients ' activities in the upstream , midstream and downstream sectors of the energy industry . the reduction in revenue in the automation segment is primarily due to the wind-down of the cpc project that was completed during 2017. revenues from the cpc project were $ 4.6 million in 2017 as compared to $ 8.3 million in 2016. gross profit – gross profit for the year ended december 30 , 2017 was $ 6.4 million , a decrease of $ 3.7 million , or 36.3 % , from $ 10.1 million for the comparable prior year period . gross profit margin was 11.5 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , a decrease from the 17.1 % gross profit margin for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit in the automation segment decreased $ 2.3 million , or 30.0 % , to $ 5.3 million for a gross profit margin of 16.1 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 7.6 million with a gross profit margin of 21.6 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit generated by the cpc project was $ 1.5 million in 2017 , or 32.6 % of cpc project revenues , and was $ 5.1 million in 2016 , or 61.4 % of cpc project revenues ; this decline was caused primarily by the cpc project wind down . gross profit in our epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 55.7 % , to $ 1.1 million for a gross profit margin of 4.9 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 2.5 million for a gross profit margin of 10.4 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. the decline in the epcm segment 's 2017 gross profit margin is primarily due to specific project reversals . we continue to monitor labor utilization for both the epcm and the automation segments with the goal of improving gross profit margins while remaining positioned for a potential rebound and growth in future periods . selling , general and administrative – overall , our sg & a expenses decreased by $ 0.8 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 despite several one-time , nonrecurring costs . during 2017 , management engaged a strategy consulting firm to assess the company 's strengths and market trends in connection with management updating the company 's long term business growth strategy which resulted in nonrecurring costs of $ 0.2 million . in addition , the company recorded a bad debt expense of $ 0.4 million and incurred $ 0.1 million in legal costs associated with the collection of the bad debt . we continue to look for ways to streamline our processes and delay expenditures while we continue to invest in our business development activities . tax benefit – our effective tax rates for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 were ( 163.5 ) % and 30.5 % , respectively . our effective tax rate for 2017 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets , the effect of the federal tax rate change , return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . our effective tax rate for 2016 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . story_separator_special_tag risk management in performing services for our clients , story_separator_special_tag during 2017 , englobal changed the reporting structure within the company by placing an operational leader in charge of its engineering offices and a separate operational leader in charge of its automation offices , including the office that contracts with government agencies . the operating performance is regularly reviewed with these two operational leaders , the ceo , cfo and others . this group represents the codm for englobal . as a result of the change in reporting structure , effective january 1 , 2017 , the results of egs which were previously included as part of our epcm segment , are now reported within the automation segment . we have revised our segment reporting to reflect our current management approach and recast prior periods to conform to the current segment presentation . our corporate and other expenses that do not individually meet the criteria for segment reporting continue to be reported separately as corporate expenses . comparison of the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 the following table set forth below , for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 , provides financial data that is derived from our consolidated statements of operations ( amounts in thousands , except per share data ) . replace_table_token_2_th replace_table_token_3_th replace_table_token_4_th 16 revenue – overall , our revenue for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 decreased $ 3.5 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 55.8 million from $ 59.2 million . revenue from the automation segment decreased $ 2.0 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 33.1 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to $ 35.2 million for the comparable period in 2016 and revenues from the epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 5.9 % , to $ 22.6 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 24.0 million for the comparable period in 2016. our 2017 revenue for the epcm segment continued to be negatively impacted by the sustained reduction in oil and gas prices and the resulting drop in our clients ' activities in the upstream , midstream and downstream sectors of the energy industry . the reduction in revenue in the automation segment is primarily due to the wind-down of the cpc project that was completed during 2017. revenues from the cpc project were $ 4.6 million in 2017 as compared to $ 8.3 million in 2016. gross profit – gross profit for the year ended december 30 , 2017 was $ 6.4 million , a decrease of $ 3.7 million , or 36.3 % , from $ 10.1 million for the comparable prior year period . gross profit margin was 11.5 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , a decrease from the 17.1 % gross profit margin for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit in the automation segment decreased $ 2.3 million , or 30.0 % , to $ 5.3 million for a gross profit margin of 16.1 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 7.6 million with a gross profit margin of 21.6 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit generated by the cpc project was $ 1.5 million in 2017 , or 32.6 % of cpc project revenues , and was $ 5.1 million in 2016 , or 61.4 % of cpc project revenues ; this decline was caused primarily by the cpc project wind down . gross profit in our epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 55.7 % , to $ 1.1 million for a gross profit margin of 4.9 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 2.5 million for a gross profit margin of 10.4 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. the decline in the epcm segment 's 2017 gross profit margin is primarily due to specific project reversals . we continue to monitor labor utilization for both the epcm and the automation segments with the goal of improving gross profit margins while remaining positioned for a potential rebound and growth in future periods . selling , general and administrative – overall , our sg & a expenses decreased by $ 0.8 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 despite several one-time , nonrecurring costs . during 2017 , management engaged a strategy consulting firm to assess the company 's strengths and market trends in connection with management updating the company 's long term business growth strategy which resulted in nonrecurring costs of $ 0.2 million . in addition , the company recorded a bad debt expense of $ 0.4 million and incurred $ 0.1 million in legal costs associated with the collection of the bad debt . we continue to look for ways to streamline our processes and delay expenditures while we continue to invest in our business development activities . tax benefit – our effective tax rates for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 were ( 163.5 ) % and 30.5 % , respectively . our effective tax rate for 2017 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets , the effect of the federal tax rate change , return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . our effective tax rate for 2016 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . story_separator_special_tag risk management in performing services for our clients ,

liquidity and capital resources overview we define liquidity as our ability to pay liabilities as they become due , fund business operations and meet monetary contractual obligations . our primary sources of liquidity are cash on hand and internally generated funds . we had cash and restricted cash of $ 9.6 million and $ 15.7 million at december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 , respectively . our working capital as of december 30 , 2017 was $ 16.8 million as compared to $ 22.2 million as of december 31 , 2016. we believe our current cash on hand , internally generated funds and our other working capital is sufficient to fund our current operations and expected growth in 2018. cash and the availability of cash could be materially restricted if ( 1 ) outstanding invoices billed are not collected or are not collected in a timely manner , ( 2 ) circumstances prevent the timely internal processing of invoices , ( 3 ) we lose one or more of our major customers , or ( 4 ) we are unable to win new projects that we can perform on a profitable basis . cash flows from operating activities operating activities used approximately $ 5.1 million in net cash during the year ended december 30 , 2017 , compared with net cash provided of $ 9.6 million during the comparable period in 2016. the primary drivers of the increase in our cash used by operations for the year ended december 30 , 2017 were a $ 16.2 million net loss , a $ 1.4 million decrease


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     ```liquidity and capital resources overview we define liquidity as our ability to pay liabilities as they become due , fund business operations and meet monetary contractual obligations . our primary sources of liquidity are cash on hand and internally generated funds . we had cash and restricted cash of $ 9.6 million and $ 15.7 million at december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 , respectively . our working capital as of december 30 , 2017 was $ 16.8 million as compared to $ 22.2 million as of december 31 , 2016. we believe our current cash on hand , internally generated funds and our other working capital is sufficient to fund our current operations and expected growth in 2018. cash and the availability of cash could be materially restricted if ( 1 ) outstanding invoices billed are not collected or are not collected in a timely manner , ( 2 ) circumstances prevent the timely internal processing of invoices , ( 3 ) we lose one or more of our major customers , or ( 4 ) we are unable to win new projects that we can perform on a profitable basis . cash flows from operating activities operating activities used approximately $ 5.1 million in net cash during the year ended december 30 , 2017 , compared with net cash provided of $ 9.6 million during the comparable period in 2016. the primary drivers of the increase in our cash used by operations for the year ended december 30 , 2017 were a $ 16.2 million net loss , a $ 1.4 million decrease
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 Suspicious Activity Report : during 2017 , englobal changed the reporting structure within the company by placing an operational leader in charge of its engineering offices and a separate operational leader in charge of its automation offices , including the office that contracts with government agencies . the operating performance is regularly reviewed with these two operational leaders , the ceo , cfo and others . this group represents the codm for englobal . as a result of the change in reporting structure , effective january 1 , 2017 , the results of egs which were previously included as part of our epcm segment , are now reported within the automation segment . we have revised our segment reporting to reflect our current management approach and recast prior periods to conform to the current segment presentation . our corporate and other expenses that do not individually meet the criteria for segment reporting continue to be reported separately as corporate expenses . comparison of the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 the following table set forth below , for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 , provides financial data that is derived from our consolidated statements of operations ( amounts in thousands , except per share data ) . replace_table_token_2_th replace_table_token_3_th replace_table_token_4_th 16 revenue – overall , our revenue for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 decreased $ 3.5 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 55.8 million from $ 59.2 million . revenue from the automation segment decreased $ 2.0 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 33.1 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to $ 35.2 million for the comparable period in 2016 and revenues from the epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 5.9 % , to $ 22.6 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 24.0 million for the comparable period in 2016. our 2017 revenue for the epcm segment continued to be negatively impacted by the sustained reduction in oil and gas prices and the resulting drop in our clients ' activities in the upstream , midstream and downstream sectors of the energy industry . the reduction in revenue in the automation segment is primarily due to the wind-down of the cpc project that was completed during 2017. revenues from the cpc project were $ 4.6 million in 2017 as compared to $ 8.3 million in 2016. gross profit – gross profit for the year ended december 30 , 2017 was $ 6.4 million , a decrease of $ 3.7 million , or 36.3 % , from $ 10.1 million for the comparable prior year period . gross profit margin was 11.5 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , a decrease from the 17.1 % gross profit margin for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit in the automation segment decreased $ 2.3 million , or 30.0 % , to $ 5.3 million for a gross profit margin of 16.1 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 7.6 million with a gross profit margin of 21.6 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit generated by the cpc project was $ 1.5 million in 2017 , or 32.6 % of cpc project revenues , and was $ 5.1 million in 2016 , or 61.4 % of cpc project revenues ; this decline was caused primarily by the cpc project wind down . gross profit in our epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 55.7 % , to $ 1.1 million for a gross profit margin of 4.9 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 2.5 million for a gross profit margin of 10.4 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. the decline in the epcm segment 's 2017 gross profit margin is primarily due to specific project reversals . we continue to monitor labor utilization for both the epcm and the automation segments with the goal of improving gross profit margins while remaining positioned for a potential rebound and growth in future periods . selling , general and administrative – overall , our sg & a expenses decreased by $ 0.8 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 despite several one-time , nonrecurring costs . during 2017 , management engaged a strategy consulting firm to assess the company 's strengths and market trends in connection with management updating the company 's long term business growth strategy which resulted in nonrecurring costs of $ 0.2 million . in addition , the company recorded a bad debt expense of $ 0.4 million and incurred $ 0.1 million in legal costs associated with the collection of the bad debt . we continue to look for ways to streamline our processes and delay expenditures while we continue to invest in our business development activities . tax benefit – our effective tax rates for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 were ( 163.5 ) % and 30.5 % , respectively . our effective tax rate for 2017 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets , the effect of the federal tax rate change , return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . our effective tax rate for 2016 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . story_separator_special_tag risk management in performing services for our clients , story_separator_special_tag during 2017 , englobal changed the reporting structure within the company by placing an operational leader in charge of its engineering offices and a separate operational leader in charge of its automation offices , including the office that contracts with government agencies . the operating performance is regularly reviewed with these two operational leaders , the ceo , cfo and others . this group represents the codm for englobal . as a result of the change in reporting structure , effective january 1 , 2017 , the results of egs which were previously included as part of our epcm segment , are now reported within the automation segment . we have revised our segment reporting to reflect our current management approach and recast prior periods to conform to the current segment presentation . our corporate and other expenses that do not individually meet the criteria for segment reporting continue to be reported separately as corporate expenses . comparison of the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 the following table set forth below , for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 , provides financial data that is derived from our consolidated statements of operations ( amounts in thousands , except per share data ) . replace_table_token_2_th replace_table_token_3_th replace_table_token_4_th 16 revenue – overall , our revenue for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 decreased $ 3.5 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 55.8 million from $ 59.2 million . revenue from the automation segment decreased $ 2.0 million , or 5.8 % , to $ 33.1 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , as compared to $ 35.2 million for the comparable period in 2016 and revenues from the epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 5.9 % , to $ 22.6 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 24.0 million for the comparable period in 2016. our 2017 revenue for the epcm segment continued to be negatively impacted by the sustained reduction in oil and gas prices and the resulting drop in our clients ' activities in the upstream , midstream and downstream sectors of the energy industry . the reduction in revenue in the automation segment is primarily due to the wind-down of the cpc project that was completed during 2017. revenues from the cpc project were $ 4.6 million in 2017 as compared to $ 8.3 million in 2016. gross profit – gross profit for the year ended december 30 , 2017 was $ 6.4 million , a decrease of $ 3.7 million , or 36.3 % , from $ 10.1 million for the comparable prior year period . gross profit margin was 11.5 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 , a decrease from the 17.1 % gross profit margin for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit in the automation segment decreased $ 2.3 million , or 30.0 % , to $ 5.3 million for a gross profit margin of 16.1 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 7.6 million with a gross profit margin of 21.6 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. gross profit generated by the cpc project was $ 1.5 million in 2017 , or 32.6 % of cpc project revenues , and was $ 5.1 million in 2016 , or 61.4 % of cpc project revenues ; this decline was caused primarily by the cpc project wind down . gross profit in our epcm segment decreased $ 1.4 million , or 55.7 % , to $ 1.1 million for a gross profit margin of 4.9 % for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to $ 2.5 million for a gross profit margin of 10.4 % for the year ended december 31 , 2016. the decline in the epcm segment 's 2017 gross profit margin is primarily due to specific project reversals . we continue to monitor labor utilization for both the epcm and the automation segments with the goal of improving gross profit margins while remaining positioned for a potential rebound and growth in future periods . selling , general and administrative – overall , our sg & a expenses decreased by $ 0.8 million for the year ended december 30 , 2017 as compared to the year ended december 31 , 2016 despite several one-time , nonrecurring costs . during 2017 , management engaged a strategy consulting firm to assess the company 's strengths and market trends in connection with management updating the company 's long term business growth strategy which resulted in nonrecurring costs of $ 0.2 million . in addition , the company recorded a bad debt expense of $ 0.4 million and incurred $ 0.1 million in legal costs associated with the collection of the bad debt . we continue to look for ways to streamline our processes and delay expenditures while we continue to invest in our business development activities . tax benefit – our effective tax rates for the years ended december 30 , 2017 and december 31 , 2016 were ( 163.5 ) % and 30.5 % , respectively . our effective tax rate for 2017 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets , the effect of the federal tax rate change , return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . our effective tax rate for 2016 differs from the federal statutory income tax rate primarily due to return to accrual adjustments and true-ups of deferred tax assets and liabilities and foreign taxes payable , estimated research and development credits , and nondeductible expenses . story_separator_special_tag risk management in performing services for our clients ,

