Segment and Geographic Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2014

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, are as follows:

	Quarter Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 28, 2014			June 29, 2013			June 28, 2014			June 29, 2013
Sales:
Global components	$	3,569,344		$	3,398,690		$	6,990,525		$	6,591,270
Global ECS	2,107,195			1,907,395			3,768,054			3,564,444
Consolidated	$	5,676,539		$	5,306,085		$	10,758,579		$	10,155,714
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	159,642		$	140,158		$	320,788		$	268,438
Global ECS	95,990			80,722			160,148			142,313
Corporate (a)	(47,363		)	(65,005		)	(94,927		)	(117,324		)
Consolidated	$	208,269		$	155,875		$	386,009		$	293,427

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $9,632 and $21,246 for the second quarter and first six months of 2014 and $30,224 and $51,834 for the second quarter and first six months of 2013, respectively.

Total assets, by segment, are as follows:

	June 28, 2014		December 31, 2013
Global components	$	7,079,955	$	6,596,255
Global ECS	3,800,950		4,807,400
Corporate	678,688		657,228
Consolidated	$	11,559,593	$	12,060,883

Sales, by geographic area, are as follows:

	Quarter Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 28, 2014		June 29, 2013		June 28, 2014		June 29, 2013
Americas (b)	$	2,802,626	$	2,760,625	$	5,200,058	$	5,246,772
EMEA	1,761,961		1,490,123		3,415,873		2,932,294
Asia/Pacific	1,111,952		1,055,337		2,142,648		1,976,648
Consolidated	$	5,676,539	$	5,306,085	$	10,758,579	$	10,155,714

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $2,581,909 and $4,756,574 for the second quarter and first six months of 2014 and $2,541,786 and $4,807,163 for the second quarter and first six months of 2013, respectively.

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

	June 28, 2014		December 31, 2013
Americas (c)	$	536,094	$	526,640
EMEA	83,597		84,383
Asia/Pacific	21,740		21,366
Consolidated	$	641,431	$	632,389

(c) Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $534,405 and $525,080 at June 28, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.