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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 28, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts disclosure | The following table presents the valuation and qualifying account activity for fiscal year ended May 28, 2016, May 30, 2015, and May 31, 2014, (in thousands):
Description |  | Balance at beginning of period |  | Charged to expense |  | Deductions |  | Balance at end of period
Year ended May 28, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 283 |  |  | $ | 228 |  | (1) |  | $ | (147 | ) | (2) |  | $ | 364 |
Inventory provisions |  |  | 2,991 |  |  |  | 690 |  | (3) |  |  | 301 |  | (4) |  |  | 3,380 |
Year ended May 30, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 581 |  |  | $ | (221 | ) | (1) |  | $ | 77 |  | (2) |  | $ | 283 |
Inventory provisions |  |  | 3,141 |  |  |  | 228 |  | (3) |  |  | 378 |  | (4) |  |  | 2,991 |
Year ended May 31, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 1,092 |  |  | $ | 114 |  | (1) |  | $ | 625 |  | (2) |  | $ | 581 |
Inventory provisions |  |  | 2,715 |  |  |  | 751 |  | (3) |  |  | 325 |  | (4) |  |  | 3,141 |
Notes:
(1) | Charges to bad debt expense, net of bad debt recoveries.
(2) | Uncollectible amounts written off, net of recoveries and foreign currency translation.
(3) | Charges to cost of sales. Included in fiscal 2016 are inventory write-downs of $0.3 million for PMT and $0.3 million for Canvys, and less than $0.1 million for Healthcare.
(4) | Inventory disposed of or sold, net of foreign currency translation.

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