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NATURE OF OPERATIONS
3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Steel Connect, Inc. (the "Company") together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries, ModusLink Corporation ("ModusLink" or "Supply Chain") and IWCO Direct Holdings, Inc. ("IWCO Direct" or "IWCO").
ModusLink is a supply chain business process management company serving clients in markets such as consumer electronics, communications, computing, medical devices, software and retail. ModusLink designs and executes elements in its clients' global supply chains to improve speed to market, product customization, flexibility, cost, quality and service. The Company also produces and licenses an entitlement management solution for activation, provisioning, entitlement subscription and data collection from physical goods (connected products) and digital products.
IWCO Direct delivers data-driven marketing solutions for its customers. Its full range of services includes strategy, creative and execution for omnichannel marketing campaigns, along with postal logistics programs for direct mail. Through its Mail-Gard® division, IWCO Direct also offers business continuity and disaster recovery services to protect against unexpected business interruptions, along with providing print and mail outsourcing services.
Historically, the Company has financed its operations and met its capital requirements primarily through funds generated from operations, the sale of our securities, borrowings from lending institutions and sale of facilities that were not fully utilized. The Company believes it has access to adequate resources to meet its needs for normal operating costs, capital expenditures, mandatory debt redemptions and working capital for its existing business for at least twelve months from the date of this filing. These resources include cash and cash equivalents, a credit agreement with PNC Bank, National Association ("PNC Bank"), the possible securitization of European and domestic trade receivables, the revolving credit facility and cash, if any, provided by operating activities. The Company's estimate as to how long it expects its existing cash to be able to continue to fund its operations is based on assumptions that may prove to be inaccurate, and it could require capital resources sooner than currently expected, which the Company believes it will have access to.
At October 31, 2019 and July 31, 2019, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $41.2 million and $32.5 million, respectively. As of October 31, 2019, the Company had working capital deficit of $(42.5) million, which was primarily driven by the Company's lease liabilities, accrued pricing liabilities which the Company believes will not require a cash outlay in the next twelve months and the additional liabilities assumed because of the acquisition of IWCO Direct (the "IWCO Acquisition"). At October 31, 2019, the Company had a readily available borrowing capacity under its revolving credit and security agreement with PNC Bank of $7.2 million. The term of the PNC Bank credit facility expires on December 31, 2019. At October 31, 2019, IWCO had a readily available borrowing capacity under its revolving facility of $23.0 million. The Company believes it will generate sufficient cash to meet its debt covenants under its credit facilities to which certain of its subsidiaries are a party and that it will be able to obtain cash through its current and future credit facilities, if needed.