Restructuring Program

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Note 8. Restructuring Program

On May 6, 2014, our Board of Directors approved a $3.5 billion 2014-2018 restructuring program and up to $2.2 billion of capital expenditures. On August 31, 2016, our Board of Directors approved a $600 million reallocation between restructuring program cash costs and capital expenditures so the $5.7 billion program consisted of approximately $4.1 billion of restructuring program costs ($3.1 billion cash costs and $1.0 billion non-cash costs) and up to $1.6 billion of capital expenditures. On September 6, 2018, our Board of Directors approved an extension of the restructuring program through 2022, an increase of $1.3 billion in the program charges and an increase of $700 million in capital expenditures. On October 21, 2021, our Board of Directors approved an extension of the restructuring program through 2023, and on July 25, 2023, our Board of Directors approved a further extension of the restructuring program through December 31, 2024. The total $7.7 billion program consisted of $5.4 billion of program charges ($4.1 billion of cash costs and $1.3 billion of non-cash costs) and total capital expenditures of $2.3 billion incurred over the life of the program. This restructuring program, as increased and extended by these actions, was the Simplify to Grow Program.

The primary objective of the Simplify to Grow Program, which ended on December 31, 2024, was to reduce our operating cost structure in both our supply chain and overhead costs. The program covered severance as well as asset disposals and other manufacturing and procurement-related one-time costs. Since inception, we incurred total restructuring and related implementation charges of $5.4 billion related to the Simplify to Grow Program.

Restructuring Costs

The Simplify to Grow Program liability activity for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was:


	Severance and related costs		Asset Write-downs and Other (1)		Total
	(in millions)
Liability Balance, January 1, 2023	$	164	$	—	$	164
Charges (2)	89		17		106
Cash spent (3)	(67)		—		(67)
Non-cash items (4)	—		(17)		(17)
Currency	5		—		5
Liability Balance, December 31, 2023	191		—		191
Charges (2)	56		21		77
Cash spent (3)	(48)		—		(48)
Non-cash items (4)	(1)		(21)		(22)
Currency	(10)		—		(10)
Liability balance, December 31, 2024 (5)	$	188	$	—	$	188

(1)Includes asset write-downs, net of gains on assets sold which were included in the restructuring program.

(2)We recorded restructuring charges of $77 million in 2024, $106 million in 2023 and $36 million in 2022 within asset impairment and exit costs and benefit plan non-service income.

(3)We spent $48 million in 2024 and $67 million in 2023 in cash severance and related costs.

(4)We recognized non-cash asset write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) and other non-cash adjustments, including gains on sales of restructuring program assets, which totaled a charge of $22 million in 2024 and $17 million in 2023.

(5)At December 31, 2024, $115 million of our net restructuring liability was recorded within other current liabilities and $73 million was recorded within other long-term liabilities.

Implementation Costs

Implementation costs are directly attributable to restructuring activities; however, they do not qualify for special accounting treatment as exit or disposal activities. We believe the disclosure of implementation costs provides readers of our financial statements with more information on the total costs of our Simplify to Grow Program. Implementation costs primarily related to reorganizing our operations and facilities in connection with our supply chain reinvention program and other identified productivity and cost saving initiatives. The costs included incremental expenses related to the closure of facilities, costs to terminate certain contracts and the simplification of our information systems. Within our continuing results of operations, we recorded implementation costs of $72 million in 2024, $25 million in 2023 and $87 million in 2022. We recorded these costs within cost of sales and general corporate expense within selling, general and administrative expenses.

Restructuring and Implementation Costs in Operating Income

During 2024, 2023 and 2022, and since inception of the Simplify to Grow Program, we recorded the following restructuring and implementation costs within segment operating income and earnings before income taxes:


	Latin America		AMEA		Europe		North America		Corporate		Total
	(in millions)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2024
Restructuring Costs	$	16	$	9	$	37	$	18	$	(3)	$	77
Implementation Costs	2		1		20		32		17		72
Total	$	18	$	10	$	57	$	50	$	14	$	149
For the Year Ended December 31, 2023
Restructuring Costs	$	(3)	$	7	$	79	$	19	$	4	$	106
Implementation Costs	1		—		12		8		4		25
Total	$	(2)	$	7	$	91	$	27	$	8	$	131
For the Year Ended December 31, 2022
Restructuring Costs	$	(6)	$	13	$	16	$	12	$	1	$	36
Implementation Costs	7		6		25		37		12		87
Total	$	1	$	19	$	41	$	49	$	13	$	123
Total Project (Inception to Date)
Restructuring Costs	$	561	$	570	$	1,279	$	694	$	151	$	3,255
Implementation Costs	306		246		601		630		389		2,172
Total	$	867	$	816	$	1,880	$	1,324	$	540	$	5,427