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Restructuring Program (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Schedule of Restructuring Program Liability
The Simplify to Grow Program liability activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was:
 
Severance
and related
costs
 
Asset
Write-downs
 
Total
 
(in millions)
Liability balance, January 1, 2020
$
301

 
$
—

 
$
301

Charges
14

 
1

 
15

Cash spent
(37
)
 
—

 
(37
)
Non-cash settlements/adjustments
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(3
)
Currency
(11
)
 
—

 
(11
)
Liability balance, March 31, 2020
$
265

 
$
—

 
$
265
Schedule of Restructuring and Implementation Costs by Segment
In connection with our restructuring program, we recorded non-cash property, plant and equipment write-downs (including accelerated depreciation and asset impairments) in the condensed consolidated statements of earnings within asset impairment and exit costs and within the segment results as follows (refer to Note 7, Restructuring Program).
 
For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
2020
 
2019
 
(in millions)
Latin America
$
—

 
$
—

AMEA
(1
)
 
1

Europe
1

 
1

North America
1

 
3

Non-cash property, plant and equipment write-downs
$
1

 
$
5



During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, and since inception of the Simplify to Grow Program, we recorded the following restructuring and implementation costs within segment operating income and earnings before income taxes:
 
Latin
America
 
AMEA
 
Europe
 
North
America (1)
 
Corporate (2)
 
Total
 
(in millions)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restructuring Costs
$
4

 
$
(1
)
 
$
3

 
$
2

 
$
7

 
$
15

Implementation Costs
7

 
3

 
14

 
10

 
9

 
43

Total
$
11

 
$
2

 
$
17

 
$
12

 
$
16

 
$
58

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restructuring Costs
$
—

 
$
6

 
$
—

 
$
6

 
$
8

 
$
20

Implementation Costs
15

 
7

 
11

 
4

 
13

 
50

Total
$
15

 
$
13

 
$
11

 
$
10

 
$
21

 
$
70

Total Project (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restructuring Costs
$
521

 
$
534

 
$
1,079

 
$
471

 
$
136

 
$
2,741

Implementation Costs
276

 
209

 
462

 
394

 
316

 
1,657

Total
$
797

 
$
743

 
$
1,541

 
$
865

 
$
452

 
$
4,398


(1)
During 2019, our North America region implementation costs included incremental costs that we incurred related to renegotiating collective bargaining agreements that expired in February 2016 for eight U.S. facilities and related to executing business continuity plans for the North America business.
(2)
The Corporate column includes minor adjustments for pension settlement losses and rounding.
(3)
Includes all charges recorded since program inception on May 6, 2014 through March 31, 2020.