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Asset Impairments and Product Alignment Charges | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Asset Impairment Charges [Abstract] |
Asset Impairments and Product Alignment Charges | Asset Impairments and Product Alignment Charges In 2014, we recorded pre-tax charges totaling $57 million in our Technology Solutions segment. These charges primarily consist of $35 million of product alignment charges, $15 million of integration-related expenses and $7 million of reduction-in-workforce severance charges. Included in the total charge was $35 million for severance for employees primarily in our research and development, customer services and sales functions, and $15 million for asset impairments which primarily represents the write-off of deferred costs related to a product that will no longer be developed. Charges were recorded in our consolidated statement of operations as follows: $34 million in cost of sales and $23 million in operating expenses.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the details of the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value. Disclosure may also include a description of the impaired asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired asset is reported. + References No definition available. + Details
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