Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2019

The Company is organized and managed on a global basis within three operating segments, Identification Solutions, Workplace Safety, and People Identification ("People ID"), which aggregate into two reportable segments that are organized around businesses with consistent products and services: IDS and WPS. The Identification Solutions and People ID operating segments aggregate into the IDS reporting segment, while the WPS reporting segment is comprised solely of the Workplace Safety operating segment. The Company evaluates short-term segment performance based on segment profit and customer sales. Interest expense, investment and other income, income taxes, and certain corporate administrative expenses are excluded when evaluating segment performance.

Net sales by segment and geographic region for the three and six months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:



	Three months ended January 31,				Six months ended January 31,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Net sales:
ID Solutions
Americas	$	138,324	$	133,805	$	284,114	$	273,209
Europe	47,282		49,245		96,110		96,376
Asia	23,599		23,382		47,080		46,552
Total	$	209,205	$	206,432	$	427,304	$	416,137
Workplace Safety
Americas	$	24,332	$	26,470	$	49,083	$	52,957
Europe	37,788		43,657		75,444		85,041
Australia	11,101		11,221		23,791		23,796
Total	$	73,221	$	81,348	$	148,318	$	161,794
Total Company
Americas	$	162,656	$	160,275	$	333,197	$	326,166
Europe	85,070		92,902		171,554		181,417
Asia-Pacific	34,700		34,603		70,871		70,348
Total	$	282,426	$	287,780	$	575,622	$	577,931

Segment profit for the three and six months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:



	Three months ended January 31,				Six months ended January 31,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Segment profit:
ID Solutions	$	37,857	$	34,088	$	79,419	$	69,925
Workplace Safety	4,661		7,055		10,202		13,500
Total Company	$	42,518	$	41,143	$	89,621	$	83,425

The following is a reconciliation of segment profit to earnings before income taxes for the three and six months ended January 31, 2019 and 2018:



	Three months ended January 31,						Six months ended January 31,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Total profit from reportable segments	$	42,518		$	41,143		$	89,621		$	83,425
Unallocated amounts:
Administrative costs	(6,488		)	(6,347		)	(12,969		)	(13,218		)
Investment and other income	1,377			1,056			1,360			1,272
Interest expense	(717		)	(829		)	(1,429		)	(1,692		)
Earnings before income taxes	$	36,690		$	35,023		$	76,583		$	69,787