Costs Associated With Exit Or Disposal Activities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Costs Associated With Exit Or Disposal Activities [Abstract]

Costs Associated With Exit Or Disposal Activities

Note 10 Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities

In January 2011, we announced an agreement to sell a portion of ZES, which primarily consists of Navis, to Cargotec Corporation. Following the transaction which was completed on March 18, 2011, we retained the Location Solutions products from the former ZES, which includes active RFID real-time location solutions and associated tags and readers. In the first quarter of 2011, we also announced a plan to consolidate any remaining administrative and accounting functions from the former ZES into our corporate facilities in Illinois. The costs below incurred for the year ended December 31, 2011, represent the costs related to the consolidation and relocation of the administrative and accounting functions. Costs expected in 2012 related to consolidating the former ZES into the corporate facility are not expected to be material.

In 2008, we announced plans to establish regional distribution and configuration centers, consolidate our supplier base, and transfer final assembly of thermal printers to Jabil Circuit, Inc., a global third-party electronics manufacturer. We substantially completed these actions in 2010, and the costs noted below incurred through December 31, 2010, relate to the completion of this transfer. No more costs are expected to be incurred related to the transfer of Zebra's final assembly to Jabil.

As of December 31, 2011, we have incurred the following exit costs related to consolidating the former ZES function into our corporate facilities (in thousands):

Type of Cost	Costs incurred for the year ended December 31, 2011		Additional costs expected to be incurred		Total costs     expected to be     incurred
Severance, stay bonuses, and other employee-related expenses	$	1,113	$	50	$	1,163
Professional services		890		50		940
Relocation and transition costs		38		300		338
Total	$	2,041	$	400	$	2,441

As of December 31, 2011, we have incurred the following exit costs related to transfer of our final assembly to Jabil (in thousands):

Type of Cost	Cost incurred through December 31, 2010		Costs incurred for the year ended December 31, 2011		Total costs     incurred as of     December 31,     2011
Severance, stay bonuses, and other employee-related expenses	$	6,764	$	0	$	6,764
Professional services		6,050		0		6,050
Relocation and transition costs		10,761		0		10,761
Other exit costs		63		0		63
Total	$	23,638	$	0	$	23,638

Liabilities and expenses related to exit activities were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,479		$	3,038
Charged to earnings		2,041			2,262
Cash paid		(2,472	)		(3,821	)
Balance at the end of period	$	1,048		$	1,479

Liabilities related to exit activities are included in the accrued liabilities line item on the balance sheet. Exit costs are included in operating expenses under the line item exit and restructuring costs.