Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment and Geographic Information [Text Block]

Segment and Geographic Information

The company is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions.  The company distributes electronic components to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers through its global components business segment and provides enterprise computing solutions to value-added resellers through its global ECS business segment.  As a result of the company's philosophy of maximizing operating efficiencies through the centralization of certain functions, selected fixed assets and related depreciation, as well as borrowings, are not directly attributable to the individual operating segments and are included in the corporate business segment.

Sales and operating income (loss), by segment, for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

	2012			2011			2010
Sales:
Global components	$	13,361,122		$	14,853,823		$	13,168,381
Global ECS	7,044,006			6,536,441			5,576,295
Consolidated	$	20,405,128		$	21,390,264		$	18,744,676
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	619,282		$	823,774		$	715,333
Global ECS	290,970			262,893			191,489
Corporate (a)	(106,129		)	(177,824		)	(156,047		)
Consolidated	$	804,123		$	908,843		$	750,775

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $47,437, $37,811, and $33,494 in 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. Also included is a gain of $79,158 and a charge of $5,875 in 2012 and 2011, respectively, related to the settlement of legal matters.

Total assets, by segment, at December 31 are as follows:

	2012		2011
Global components	$	6,467,123	$	5,974,174
Global ECS	3,685,100		3,206,788
Corporate	633,464		648,117
Consolidated	$	10,785,687	$	9,829,079

Sales, by geographic area, for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

	2012		2011		2010
Americas (b)	$	10,641,903	$	10,576,106	$	9,111,557
EMEA	5,927,231		6,889,479		5,633,508
Asia/Pacific	3,835,994		3,924,679		3,999,611
Consolidated	$	20,405,128	$	21,390,264	$	18,744,676

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $9,746,612, $9,706,593, and $8,254,191 in 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

Net property, plant and equipment, by geographic area, is as follows:

	2012		2011
Americas (c)	$	512,775	$	479,420
EMEA	65,947		56,552
Asia/Pacific	20,919		20,257
Consolidated	$	599,641	$	556,229

(c) Includes net property, plant and equipment related to the United States of $511,555 and $478,376 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.