Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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:



	2014			2013			2012
Sales:
Global components	$	14,313,026		$	13,495,766		$	13,361,122
Global ECS	8,455,648			7,861,519			7,044,006
Consolidated	$	22,768,674		$	21,357,285		$	20,405,128
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	653,992		$	575,612		$	619,282
Global ECS	389,571			350,442			290,970
Corporate (a)	(281,306		)	(232,554		)	(106,129		)
Consolidated	$	762,257		$	693,500		$	804,123


(a)	Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $39,841, $92,650, and $47,437 in 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. Also included is a non-cash impairment charge associated with discontinuing the use of a trade name of $78,000 in 2014 and a gain of $79,158 in 2012 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:



	2014		2013
Global components	$	6,952,342	$	6,596,255
Global ECS	4,761,628		4,807,400
Corporate	728,886		657,228
Consolidated	$	12,442,856	$	12,060,883

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:



	2014		2013		2012
Americas (b)	$	11,340,277	$	11,023,076	$	10,641,903
EMEA	6,864,104		6,221,569		5,927,231
Asia/Pacific	4,564,293		4,112,640		3,835,994
Consolidated	$	22,768,674	$	21,357,285	$	20,405,128


(b)	Includes sales related to the United States of $10,359,936, $10,074,361, and $9,746,612 in 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

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



	2014		2013
Americas (c)	$	537,967	$	526,640
EMEA	76,487		84,383
Asia/Pacific	21,845		21,366
Consolidated	$	636,299	$	632,389


(c)	Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $535,397 and $525,080 at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively

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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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