SEGMENT INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

We manage a global business which designs, manufactures and markets blood management solutions.  Our solutions are marketed through operating units organized primarily on geography: North America Plasma, North America Blood Center and Hospital, Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan. 

ASC 280, Segment Reporting, permits the aggregation of segments which are economically similar as well as similar in all of the following areas: (i) the nature of the products and services, (ii) the nature of the production processes, (iii) the type or class of customer for their products and services, (iv) the methods used to distribute their products or provide their services, and (v) the nature of the regulatory environment.

Based on the criteria of ASC 280, we have one reportable segment. This conclusion is consistent with how our chief operating decision-maker views the business. Our chief operating decision maker primarily uses consolidated results to make operating and strategic decisions.