Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

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, 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 and six months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:



	Three months ended January 31,				Six months ended January 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Net sales:
ID Solutions
Americas	$	137,909	$	138,324	$	287,271	$	284,114
Europe	45,319		47,282		88,701		96,110
Asia	22,134		23,599		44,377		47,080
Total	$	205,362	$	209,205	$	420,349	$	427,304
Workplace Safety
Americas	$	23,636	$	24,332	$	47,939	$	49,083
Europe	37,002		37,788		73,027		75,444
Australia	10,665		11,101		22,297		23,791
Total	$	71,303	$	73,221	$	143,263	$	148,318
Total Company
Americas	$	161,545	$	162,656	$	335,210	$	333,197
Europe	82,321		85,070		161,728		171,554
Asia-Pacific	32,799		34,700		66,674		70,871
Total	$	276,665	$	282,426	$	563,612	$	575,622

Segment profit for the three and six months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:



	Three months ended January 31,				Six months ended January 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Segment profit:
ID Solutions	$	40,655	$	37,857	$	83,098	$	79,419
Workplace Safety	5,455		4,661		10,612		10,202
Total Company	$	46,110	$	42,518	$	93,710	$	89,621

The following is a reconciliation of segment profit to income before income taxes for the three and six months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019:



	Three months ended January 31,						Six months ended January 31,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Total profit from reportable segments	$	46,110		$	42,518		$	93,710		$	89,621
Unallocated amounts:
Administrative costs	(4,866		)	(6,488		)	(11,575		)	(12,969		)
Investment and other income	1,760			1,377			3,140			1,360
Interest expense	(647		)	(717		)	(1,348		)	(1,429		)
Income before income taxes	$	42,357		$	36,690		$	83,927		$	76,583