Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

Sales and operating income (loss), by segment, are as follows:

	Quarter Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013			September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013
Sales:
Global components	$	3,731,289		$	3,467,285		$	10,721,814		$	10,058,555
Global ECS	1,881,927			1,580,926			5,649,981			5,145,370
Consolidated	$	5,613,216		$	5,048,211		$	16,371,795		$	15,203,925
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	179,451		$	164,096		$	500,239		$	432,534
Global ECS	69,172			59,757			229,320			202,070
Corporate (a)	(48,807		)	(61,117		)	(143,734		)	(178,441		)
Consolidated	$	199,816		$	162,736		$	585,825		$	456,163

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $3,935 and $25,181 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014 and $22,568 and $74,402 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2013, respectively.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Text Block]

Total assets, by segment, are as follows:

	September 27, 2014		December 31, 2013
Global components	$	7,129,457	$	6,596,255
Global ECS	3,547,180		4,807,400
Corporate	634,889		657,228
Consolidated	$	11,311,526	$	12,060,883

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

Sales, by geographic area, are as follows:

	Quarter Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 27, 2014		September 28, 2013		September 27, 2014		September 28, 2013
Americas (b)	$	2,775,146	$	2,621,398	$	7,975,204	$	7,868,170
EMEA	1,568,277		1,355,152		4,984,150		4,287,446
Asia/Pacific	1,269,793		1,071,661		3,412,441		3,048,309
Consolidated	$	5,613,216	$	5,048,211	$	16,371,795	$	15,203,925

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $2,540,179 and $7,296,753 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014 and $2,405,238 and $7,212,401 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2013, respectively.

Property, plant, and equipment, net, by geographic area, is as follows:

	September 27, 2014		December 31, 2013
Americas (c)	$	533,235	$	526,640
EMEA	79,085		84,383
Asia/Pacific	22,391		21,366
Consolidated	$	634,711	$	632,389

(c) Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $530,973 and $525,080 at September 27, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.