RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Global Restructuring Initiatives

In recent fiscal years, the Company has undertaken productivity improvement initiatives within all reportable segments at various locations across the U.S., Canada, Europe, China, and Japan. This includes workforce right-sizing and scalability initiatives, resulting in severance and transition costs; and cost related to the consolidation of facilities, resulting in asset impairment and accelerated depreciation charges.

The following table presents a summary of restructuring costs related to these initiatives within the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.


	Three Months Ended
	March 28, 2020										March 30, 2019
	Severance and Transition Costs		Asset Impairments and Other Costs		Total		Severance and Transition Costs		Asset Impairments and Other Costs		Total
	(in thousands)
Cost of services provided and products sold (excluding amortization of intangible assets)	$	247	$	229	$	476	$	267	$	1,149	$	1,416
Selling, general and administrative	83		—		83		133		—		133
Total	$	330	$	229	$	559	$	400	$	1,149	$	1,549

The following table presents restructuring costs by reportable segment for these productivity improvement initiatives:


	Three Months Ended
	March 28, 2020		March 30, 2019
	(in thousands)

RMS	$	220	$	301
DSA	83		13
Manufacturing	256		1,235

Total	$	559	$	1,549

Rollforward of restructuring activities

The following table provides a rollforward for all of the Company’s severance and transition costs, and lease obligation liabilities related to all restructuring activities:


	Three Months Ended
	March 28, 2020		March 30, 2019
	(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	6,406	$	2,921
Expense (excluding non-cash charges)	517		1,246
Payments / utilization	(4,243)		(2,034)
Foreign currency adjustments	(149)		(20)
Ending balance	$	2,531	$	2,113

As of March 28, 2020 and March 30, 2019, $2.4 million and $1.8 million of severance and other personnel related costs liabilities and lease obligation liabilities, respectively, were included in accrued compensation and accrued liabilities within the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, were included in other long-term liabilities within the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.