Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 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						Nine Months Ended
	September 26, 2015			September 27, 2014			September 26, 2015			September 27, 2014
Sales:
Global components	$	3,692,051		$	3,731,289		$	10,736,989		$	10,721,814
Global ECS	2,006,253			1,881,927			5,793,689			5,649,981
Consolidated	$	5,698,304		$	5,613,216		$	16,530,678		$	16,371,795
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	164,744		$	179,451		$	499,456		$	500,239
Global ECS	84,233			69,172			250,144			229,320
Corporate (a)	(63,183		)	(48,807		)	(179,429		)	(143,734		)
Consolidated	$	185,794		$	199,816		$	570,171		$	585,825

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $17,756 and $51,099 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 and $3,935 and $25,181 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014, respectively.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Text Block]

Total assets, by segment, are as follows:

	September 26, 2015		December 31, 2014
Global components	$	7,608,881	$	6,952,342
Global ECS	3,738,442		4,761,628
Corporate	658,875		721,331
Consolidated	$	12,006,198	$	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				Nine Months Ended
	September 26, 2015		September 27, 2014		September 26, 2015		September 27, 2014
Americas (b)	$	2,850,586	$	2,775,146	$	8,224,901	$	7,975,204
EMEA (c)	1,591,751		1,568,277		4,761,688		4,984,150
Asia/Pacific	1,255,967		1,269,793		3,544,089		3,412,441
Consolidated	$	5,698,304	$	5,613,216	$	16,530,678	$	16,371,795

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $2,603,885 and $7,557,090 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 and $2,540,179 and $7,296,753 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014, respectively.

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

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

	September 26, 2015		December 31, 2014
Americas (d)	$	571,248	$	537,967
EMEA	92,213		76,487
Asia/Pacific	26,534		21,845
Consolidated	$	689,995	$	636,299

(d) Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $569,079 and $535,397 at September 26, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.