Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Text Block]

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.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Text Block]

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

Schedule Of Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets By Geographical Areas Table [Text Block]

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

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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