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Segment Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Information  
Segment Information

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Segment Information

 

The company’s major operations consist of five business segments: Global Technology Services, Global Business Services, Software, Systems and Technology and Global Financing. The segments represent components of the company for which separate financial information is available that is utilized on a regular basis by the chief executive officer in determining how to allocate resources and evaluate performance. The segments are determined based on several factors, including client base, homogeneity of products, technology, delivery channels and similar economic characteristics.

 

Information about each segment’s business and the products and services that generate each segment’s revenue is located in the “Description of Business” section on pages 26 to 31, and in “Segment Details,” on pages 23 and 24 in the Management Discussion.

 

Segment revenue and pre-tax income include transactions between the segments that are intended to reflect an arm’s-length, market-based transfer price. Systems and software that are used by Global Technology Services in outsourcing engagements are primarily sourced internally from Systems and Technology and Software. For providing IT services that are used internally, Global Technology Services and Global Business Services recover cost, as well as a reasonable fee, that is intended to reflect the arm’s-length value of providing the services. The Global Services segments enter into arm’s-length loans at prices equivalent to market rates with Global Financing to facilitate the acquisition of equipment used in services engagements. All internal transaction prices are reviewed annually, and reset if appropriate.

 

The company utilizes globally integrated support organizations to realize economies of scale and efficient use of resources. As a result, a considerable amount of expense is shared by all of the segments. This shared expense includes sales coverage, certain marketing functions and support functions such as Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Legal, Human Resources, and Billing and Collections. Where practical, shared expenses are allocated based on measurable drivers of expense, e.g., head count. When a clear and measurable driver cannot be identified, shared expenses are allocated on a financial basis that is consistent with the company’s management system, e.g., advertising expense is allocated based on the gross profits of the segments. A portion of the shared expenses, which are recorded in net income, are not allocated to the segments. These expenses are associated with the elimination of internal transactions and other miscellaneous items.

 

The following tables reflect the results of operations of the company’s segments consistent with the management and measurement system utilized within the company. Performance measurement is based on pre-tax income. These results are used, in part, by senior management, both in evaluating the performance of, and in allocating resources to, each of the segments.

 

Management System Segment View

 

($ in millions)

 

 

 

Global Services Segments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global

 

Global

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

Business

 

 

 

Systems and

 

Global

 

Total

 

For the year ended December 31:

 

Services

 

Services

 

Software

 

Technology

 

Financing

 

Segments

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External revenue

 

$

40,236

 

$

18,566

 

$

25,448

 

$

17,667

 

$

2,013

 

$

103,930

 

Internal revenue

 

1,166

 

719

 

3,274

 

676

 

2,060

 

7,896

 

Total revenue

 

$

41,402

 

$

19,286

 

$

28,722

 

$

18,343

 

$

4,073

 

$

111,826

 

Pre-tax income

 

$

6,961

 

$

2,983

 

$

10,810

 

$

1,227

 

$

2,034

 

$

24,015

 

Revenue year-to-year change

 

(1.7

)%

(4.0

)%

1.8

%

(7.5

)%

(2.9

)%

(2.3

)%

Pre-tax income year-to-year change

 

10.8

%

(0.8

)%

8.4

%

(24.9

)%

1.1

%

4.8

%

Pre-tax income margin

 

16.8

%

15.5

%

37.6

%

6.7

%

49.9

%

21.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External revenue

 

$

40,879

 

$

19,284

 

$

24,944

 

$

18,985

 

$

2,102

 

$

106,194

 

Internal revenue

 

1,242

 

797

 

3,276

 

838

 

2,092

 

8,246

 

Total revenue

 

$

42,121

 

$

20,081

 

$

28,219

 

$

19,823

 

$

4,195

 

$

114,440

 

Pre-tax income

 

$

6,284

 

$

3,006

 

$

9,970

 

$

1,633

 

$

2,011

 

$

22,904

 

Revenue year-to-year change

 

6.6

%

5.6

%

10.9

%

5.6

%

2.8

%

7.1

%

Pre-tax income year-to-year change

 

14.3

%

18.1

%

5.3

%

12.2

%

2.8

%

9.5

%

Pre-tax income margin

 

14.9

%

15.0

%

35.3

%

8.2

%

47.9

%

20.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External revenue

 

$

38,201

 

$

18,223

 

$

22,485

 

$

17,973

 

$

2,238

 

$

99,120

 

Internal revenue

 

1,313

 

798

 

2,950

 

804

 

1,842

 

7,707

 

Total revenue

 

$

39,514

 

$

19,021

 

$

25,436

 

$

18,777

 

$

4,080

 

$

106,827

 

Pre-tax income

 

$

5,499

 

$

2,546

 

$

9,466

 

$

1,456

 

$

1,956

 

$

20,923

 

Revenue year-to-year change

 

2.0

%

2.6

%

5.7

%

9.8

%

0.1

%

4.2

%

Pre-tax income year-to-year change

 

0.3

%

1.8

%

13.8

%

12.1

%

13.5

%

8.3

%

Pre-tax income margin

 

13.9

%

13.4

%

37.2

%

7.8

%

48.0

%

19.6

%

 

Reconciliations of IBM as Reported

 

($ in millions)

 

For the year ended December 31:

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

$

111,826

 

$

114,440

 

$

106,827

 

Other revenue and adjustments

 

577

 

722

 

750

 

Elimination of internal transactions

 

(7,896

)

(8,246

)

(7,707

)

Total IBM consolidated revenue

 

$

104,507

 

$

106,916

 

$

99,870

 

 

($ in millions)

 

For the year ended December 31:

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

Pre-tax income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

$

24,015

 

$

22,904

 

$

20,923

 

Amortization of acquired intangible assets

 

(703

)

(629

)

(512

)

Acquisition-related charges

 

(36

)

(46

)

(46

)

Non-operating retirement- related (costs)/income

 

(538

)

72

 

414

 

Elimination of internal transactions

 

(1,197

)

(1,243

)

(957

)

Unallocated corporate amounts*

 

361

 

(56

)

(98

)

Total IBM consolidated pre-tax income

 

$

21,902

 

$

21,003

 

$

19,723

 

 

 

*              The 2012 amount includes the gain related to the Retail Store Solutions divestiture. The 2011 amount includes gains related to the sale of Lenovo common stock.

 

Immaterial Items

 

Investment in Equity Alliances and Equity Alliances Gains/(Losses)

 

The investments in equity alliances and the resulting gains and (losses) from these investments that are attributable to the segments did not have a material effect on the financial position or the financial results of the segments.

 

Segment Assets and Other Items

 

Global Technology Services assets are primarily plant, property and equipment including the assets associated with the outsourcing business, accounts receivable, goodwill, acquired intangible assets, deferred services arrangement transition costs and maintenance parts inventory. Global Business Services assets are primarily goodwill and accounts receivable. Software assets are mainly goodwill, acquired intangible assets and accounts receivable. Systems and Technology assets are primarily plant, property and equipment, goodwill, manufacturing inventory and accounts receivable. Global Financing assets are primarily financing receivables and fixed assets under operating leases.

 

To ensure the efficient use of the company’s space and equipment, several segments may share plant, property and equipment assets. Where assets are shared, landlord ownership of the assets is assigned to one segment and is not allocated to each user segment. This is consistent with the company’s management system and is reflected accordingly in the table on page 137. In those cases, there will not be a precise correlation between segment pre-tax income and segment assets.

 

Similarly, the depreciation amounts reported by each segment are based on the assigned landlord ownership and may not be consistent with the amounts that are included in the segments’ pre-tax income. The amounts that are included in pre-tax income reflect occupancy charges from the landlord segment and are not specifically identified by the management reporting system. Capital expenditures that are reported by each segment also are consistent with the landlord ownership basis of asset assignment.

 

Global Financing amounts for interest income and interest expense reflect the interest income and interest expense associated with the Global Financing business, including the intercompany financing activities discussed on page 24, as well as the income from investment in cash and marketable securities. The explanation of the difference between cost of financing and interest expense for segment presentation versus presentation in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings is included on page 66 of the Management Discussion.

 

Management System Segment View

 

($ in millions)

 

 

 

Global Services Segments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global

 

Global

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

Business

 

 

 

Systems and

 

Global

 

Total

 

For the year ended December 31:

 

Services

 

Services

 

Software

 

Technology

 

Financing

 

Segments

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

15,884

 

$

8,022

 

$

26,291

 

$

8,232

 

$

38,882

 

$

97,310

 

Depreciation/amortization of intangibles*

 

1,597

 

75

 

1,157

 

786

 

853

 

4,470

 

Capital expenditures/investments in intangibles

 

1,760

 

42

 

618

 

1,106

 

708

 

4,233

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

1,942

 

1,942

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

410

 

410

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

15,475

 

$

8,078

 

$

23,926

 

$

7,649

 

$

36,427

 

$

91,557

 

Depreciation/amortization of intangibles*

 

1,713

 

83

 

1,062

 

737

 

1,145

 

4,739

 

Capital expenditures/investments in intangibles

 

1,838

 

56

 

469

 

1,032

 

930

 

4,325

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

2,139

 

2,139

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

538

 

538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

15,560

 

$

8,007

 

$

22,625

 

$

7,287

 

$

35,813

 

$

89,292

 

Depreciation/amortization of intangibles*

 

1,632

 

75

 

992

 

784

 

1,417

 

4,900

 

Capital expenditures/investments in intangibles

 

1,511

 

52

 

463

 

1,163

 

1,246

 

4,434

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

2,116

 

2,116

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

548

 

548

 

 

 

*  Segment pre-tax income does not include the amortization of intangible assets.

 

Reconciliations of IBM as Reported

 

($ in millions)

 

At December 31:

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total reportable segments

 

$

97,310

 

$

91,557

 

$

89,292

 

Elimination of internal transactions

 

(4,943

)

(5,407

)

(5,515

)

Unallocated amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and marketable securities

 

9,779

 

10,575

 

10,113

 

Notes and accounts receivable

 

3,769

 

3,526

 

3,762

 

Deferred tax assets

 

5,194

 

4,865

 

4,494

 

Plant, other property and equipment

 

2,555

 

2,918

 

3,067

 

Pension assets

 

945

 

2,837

 

3,060

 

Other

 

4,604

 

5,562

 

5,178

 

Total IBM consolidated assets

 

$

119,213

 

$

116,433

 

$

113,452

 

 

Major Clients

 

No single client represented 10 percent or more of the company’s total revenue in 2012, 2011 or 2010.

 

Geographic Information

 

The following provides information for those countries that are 10 percent or more of the specific category.

 

Revenue*

 

($ in millions)

 

For the year ended December 31:

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

United States

 

$

36,270

 

$

37,041

 

$

35,581

 

Japan

 

10,697

 

10,968

 

10,701

 

Other countries

 

57,540

 

58,906

 

53,589

 

Total IBM consolidated revenue

 

$

104,507

 

$

106,916

 

$

99,870

 

 

 

* Revenues are attributed to countries based on the location of the client.

 

Plant and Other Property-Net

 

($ in millions)

 

At December 31:

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

United States

 

$

6,555

 

$

6,271

 

$

6,134

 

Other countries

 

6,299

 

6,186

 

6,298

 

Total

 

$

12,854

 

$

12,457

 

$

12,432

 

 

Revenue by Classes of Similar Products or Services

 

The following table presents external revenue for similar classes of products or services within the company’s reportable segments. Within Global Technology Services and Global Business Services, client solutions often include IBM software and systems and other suppliers’ products if the client solution requires it. Within Software, product license charges and ongoing subscription and support are reported as Software, and software as a service, consulting, education, training and other product-related services are reported as Services. Within Systems and Technology, Microelectronics original equipment manufacturer (OEM) revenue is primarily from the sale of semiconductors. Microelectronics Services revenue includes circuit and component design services and technology and manufacturing consulting services. See “Description of the Business,” beginning on page 21 for additional information.

 

($ in millions)

 

For the year ended December 31:

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

Global Technology Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

$

31,161

 

$

31,746

 

$

29,367

 

Maintenance

 

7,343

 

7,515

 

7,250

 

Systems

 

1,574

 

1,478

 

1,409

 

Software

 

159

 

140

 

175

 

Global Business Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services

 

$

18,216

 

$

18,956

 

$

17,858

 

Software

 

208

 

211

 

236

 

Systems

 

142

 

118

 

129

 

Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

$

23,144

 

$

22,921

 

$

20,882

 

Services

 

2,304

 

2,022

 

1,603

 

Systems and Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Servers

 

$

11,980

 

$

12,362

 

$

11,619

 

Storage

 

3,411

 

3,619

 

3,420

 

Microelectronics OEM

 

1,572

 

1,975

 

1,938

 

Retail Store Solutions

 

357

 

753

 

674

 

Microelectronics Services

 

346

 

277

 

321

 

Global Financing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing

 

$

1,471

 

$

1,612

 

$

1,580

 

Used equipment sales

 

542

 

490

 

659