Matthews International Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

The Company recognizes revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the customer and in amounts that the Company expects to collect. The timing of revenue recognition takes into consideration the various delivery terms applicable to the Company’s sales. For substantially all transactions, control passes in accordance with agreed upon delivery terms, including in certain circumstances, customer acceptance. This approach is consistent with the Company’s historical revenue recognition methodology. In limited instances revenue is recognized over time as critical milestones are met and as services are provided. Transaction price, for revenue recognition, is allocated to each performance obligation consisting of the stand alone selling price, estimates of rebates and other sales or contract renewal incentives, and cash discounts and sales returns ("Variable Consideration"). Estimates are made for Variable Consideration based on contract terms and historical experience of actual results and are applied to the performance obligations as they are satisfied.

The Company delivers a variety of products and services through its business segments. The SGK Brand Solutions segment delivers brand management, pre-media services, printing plates and cylinders and imaging services for consumer packaged goods and retail customers, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services primarily to the consumer packaged goods and retail industries. The Memorialization segment produces and delivers bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products, caskets and cremation equipment primarily for the cemetery and funeral home industries. The Industrial Technologies segment delivers marking and coding equipment and consumables, industrial automation products and order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking and conveying consumer and industrial products for the warehousing and industrial industries. Each product or service delivered to a third-party customer is considered to satisfy a performance obligation. Performance obligations generally occur at a point in time and are satisfied when control of the goods passes to the customer. Certain revenue related to mausoleum construction and significant engineering projects, including cremation and incineration projects, and marking and industrial automation projects, are recognized over time using the input method measuring progress toward completion of such projects. Amounts recognized using the over time method were less than 5% of the Company's consolidated revenue for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. The Company is entitled to collection of the sales price under normal credit terms in the regions in which it operates.

Note 3. Revenue Recognition (continued)

The Company disaggregates revenue from contracts with customers by geography, as it believes geographic regions best depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Disaggregated sales by segment and region for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:



	SGK Brand Solutions				Memorialization				Industrial Technologies				Consolidated
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018		2019		2018		2019		2018		2019		2018
North America	$	79,170	$	89,609	$	151,441	$	156,512	$	30,988	$	29,609	$	261,599	$	275,730
Central and South America	1,480		1,571		—		—		—		—		1,480		1,571
Europe	96,070		101,703		8,606		9,769		7,035		7,731		111,711		119,203
Australia	2,901		3,007		2,129		2,408		—		—		5,030		5,415
Asia	11,030		11,162		—		—		550		980		11,580		12,142
Total Sales	$	190,651	$	207,052	$	162,176	$	168,689	$	38,573	$	38,320	$	391,400	$	414,061



	SGK Brand Solutions				Memorialization				Industrial Technologies				Consolidated
	Six Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018		2019		2018		2019		2018		2019		2018
North America	$	158,752	$	176,562	$	294,734	$	289,261	$	58,702	$	53,468	$	512,188	$	519,291
Central and South America	2,697		3,136		—		—		—		—		2,697		3,136
Europe	186,588		190,573		16,764		19,014		13,372		15,362		216,724		224,949
Australia	5,860		6,010		4,564		5,303		—		—		10,424		11,313
Asia	22,054		22,537		—		—		1,490		2,289		23,544		24,826
Total Sales	$	375,951	$	398,818	$	316,062	$	313,578	$	73,564	$	71,119	$	765,577	$	783,515