Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

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

	Quarter Ended
	March 28, 2015			March 29, 2014
Sales:
Global components	$	3,346,763		$	3,421,181
Global ECS	1,655,622			1,660,859
Consolidated	$	5,002,385		$	5,082,040
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	164,895		$	161,146
Global ECS	67,517			64,158
Corporate (a)	(54,978		)	(47,564		)
Consolidated	$	177,434		$	177,740

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $16,196 and $11,614 for the first quarters of 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Text Block]

Total assets, by segment, are as follows:

	March 28, 2015		December 31, 2014
Global components	$	7,007,652	$	6,952,342
Global ECS	3,525,367		4,761,628
Corporate	611,469		721,331
Consolidated	$	11,144,488	$	12,435,301

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
	March 28, 2015		March 29, 2014
Americas (b)	$	2,462,189	$	2,397,432
EMEA (c)	1,504,924		1,653,912
Asia/Pacific	1,035,272		1,030,696
Consolidated	$	5,002,385	$	5,082,040

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $2,250,422 and $2,174,665 for the first quarters of 2015 and 2014, respectively.

(c) Defined as Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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

	March 28, 2015		December 31, 2014
Americas (d)	$	542,660	$	537,967
EMEA	78,296		76,487
Asia/Pacific	21,676		21,845
Consolidated	$	642,632	$	636,299

(d) Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $540,789 and $535,397 at March 28, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.