RESTRUCTURING AND ASSET IMPAIRMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2021

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, and China. 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 27, 2021						March 28, 2020
	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)	$	523	$	40	$	563	$	247	$	229	$	476
Selling, general and administrative	39		147		186		83		—		83
Total	$	562	$	187	$	749	$	330	$	229	$	559

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


	Three Months Ended
	March 27, 2021		March 28, 2020
	(in thousands)
RMS	$	7	$	220
DSA	559		83
Manufacturing	334		256
Unallocated corporate	(151)		—
Total	$	749	$	559

Rollforward of restructuring activities

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


	Three Months Ended
	March 27, 2021		March 28, 2020
	(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	5,816	$	6,406
Expense (excluding non-cash charges)	749		517
Payments / utilization	(2,465)		(4,243)
Other non-cash adjustments	(1,831)		—
Foreign currency adjustments	(48)		(149)
Ending balance	$	2,221	$	2,531

As of March 27, 2021 and March 28, 2020, $2.2 million and $2.4 million, respectively, of severance and other personnel related costs liabilities and lease obligation liabilities were included in accrued compensation and accrued liabilities within the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of March 28, 2020, $0.1 million, were included in other long-term liabilities within the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.