Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

The Company is organized and managed on a global basis within three operating segments, Identification Solutions, Workplace Safety, and People Identification ("PDC"), which aggregate into two reportable segments that are organized around businesses with consistent products and services: IDS and WPS. The Identification Solutions and PDC 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 (expense), income taxes, and certain corporate administrative expenses are excluded when evaluating segment performance. The following is a summary of net sales by segment and geographic region for the three months ended October 31, 2019 and 2018:



	Three months ended October 31,
	2019		2018
Net sales:
ID Solutions
Americas	$	149,363	$	145,791
Europe	43,381		48,828
Asia	22,243		23,481
Total	$	214,987	$	218,100
Workplace Safety
Americas	$	24,303	$	24,751
Europe	36,026		37,655
Australia	11,631		12,690
Total	$	71,960	$	75,096
Total Company
Americas	$	173,666	$	170,542
Europe	79,407		86,483
Asia-Pacific	33,874		36,171
Total	$	286,947	$	293,196

Segment profit for the three months ended October 31, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:



	Three months ended October 31,
	2019		2018
Segment profit:
ID Solutions	$	42,443	$	41,562
Workplace Safety	5,157		5,541
Total Company	$	47,600	$	47,103

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



	Three months ended October 31,
	2019			2018
Total profit from reportable segments	$	47,600		$	47,103
Unallocated amounts:
Administrative costs	(6,709		)	(6,481		)
Investment and other income (expense)	1,380			(17		)
Interest expense	(701		)	(712		)
Income before income taxes	$	41,570		$	39,893