Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

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:

	2013			2012			2011
Sales:
Global components	$	13,495,766		$	13,361,122		$	14,853,823
Global ECS	7,861,519			7,044,006			6,536,441
Consolidated	$	21,357,285		$	20,405,128		$	21,390,264
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	575,612		$	619,282		$	823,774
Global ECS	350,442			290,970			262,893
Corporate (a)	(232,554		)	(106,129		)	(177,824		)
Consolidated	$	693,500		$	804,123		$	908,843

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $92,650, $47,437, and $37,811 in 2013, 2012, and 2011, 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:

	2013		2012
Global components	$	6,596,255	$	6,467,123
Global ECS	4,807,400		3,685,100
Corporate	657,228		633,464
Consolidated	$	12,060,883	$	10,785,687

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

	2013		2012		2011
Americas (b)	$	11,023,076	$	10,641,903	$	10,576,106
EMEA	6,221,569		5,927,231		6,889,479
Asia/Pacific	4,112,640		3,835,994		3,924,679
Consolidated	$	21,357,285	$	20,405,128	$	21,390,264

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $10,074,361, $9,746,612, and $9,706,593 in 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

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

	2013		2012
Americas (c)	$	526,640	$	512,775
EMEA	84,383		65,947
Asia/Pacific	21,366		20,919
Consolidated	$	632,389	$	599,641

(c) Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $525,080 and $511,555 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.