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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of property and equipment estimated useful lives | Property and equipment are carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Machinery and equipment | 3 to 5 years
Computer equipment | 3 to 5 years
ERP software | 10 years
Other software | 3 years
Furniture and fixtures | 5 years
Other office equipment | 5 years
Leasehold improvements | Shorter of useful life or life of lease
Schedule of assets measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis | The assets measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis consist of money market funds which are valued using quoted market prices at the respective balance sheet dates and are level 1 fair value measurements (in thousands):
| As of March 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Money market funds | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,640 |
Schedule of carrying value and fair value of financial liabilities | The carrying value and fair value were as follows (in thousands):
| As of March 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
| Carrying Value |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Value |  | Fair Value
Convertible subordinated debt (1) | $ | 62,827 |  |  | $ | 60,667 |  |  | $ | 69,253 |  |  | $ | 51,686 |
Long-term debt: (2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Credit agreement with Wells Fargo | — |  |  | — |  |  | 65,709 |  |  | 65,741 |
Revolving credit agreement | 16,852 |  |  | 18,490 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Term loan agreement | 48,176 |  |  | 50,026 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total long-term debt | $ | 65,028 |  |  | $ | 68,516 |  |  | $ | 65,709 |  |  | $ | 65,741 |
| (1) Fair value based on quoted market prices in less active markets (level 2).
| (2) Fair value based on outstanding borrowings and market interest rates (level 2)

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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