Reporting Segment And Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2012

Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]

Reporting Segment And Geographic Information

REPORTING SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Trimble is a designer and distributor of positioning products and applications enabled by GPS, optical, laser, and wireless communications technology. The Company provides products for diverse applications in its targeted markets.

To achieve distribution, marketing, production, and technology advantages, the Company manages its operations in the following four segments:

• Engineering and Construction - Consists of hardware and software solutions for a variety of applications including:  survey; heavy civil and building construction; infrastructure; geospatial; railway; mining and utilities.

• Field Solutions - Consists of hardware and software solutions for applications including agriculture, mapping and geographic information systems (GIS), utilities, and energy distribution.

• Mobile Solutions - Consists of hardware and software solutions that enable end-users to monitor and manage their mobile work, mobile workers and mobile assets.

• Advanced Devices - The various operations that comprise this segment are aggregated on the basis that no single operation accounts for more than 10% of the Company's total revenue, operating income and assets. This segment is comprised of the Component Technologies, Military and Advanced Systems, Applanix, Trimble Outdoors, and ThingMagic businesses.

The Company evaluates each of its segment’s performance and allocates resources based on segment operating income before income taxes and some corporate allocations. The Company and each of its segments employ consistent accounting policies.

The following table presents revenue, operating income, and identifiable assets for the four segments. Operating income is revenue less cost of sales and operating expense, excluding general corporate expense, amortization of purchased intangible assets, amortization of acquisition-related inventory step-up, acquisition costs and restructuring costs. The identifiable assets that the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker, its Chief Executive Officer, views by segment are accounts receivable, inventories, and goodwill.

Fiscal Years	2012		2011		2010
(in thousands)
Engineering & Construction
Revenue	$	1,089,424	$	906,497	$	719,053
Operating income	207,174		149,015		110,965
Field Solutions
Revenue	$	481,962	$	413,721	$	318,137
Operating income	182,134		160,139		116,373
Mobile Solutions
Revenue	$	348,147	$	218,540	$	154,254
Operating income	32,459		4,461		1,873
Advanced Devices
Revenue	$	120,580	$	105,307	$	102,493
Operating income	19,166		13,891		18,325
Total
Revenue	$	2,040,113	$	1,644,065	$	1,293,937
Operating income	440,933		327,506		247,536

At the End of Fiscal Year	2012		2011		2010
(in thousands)
Engineering & Construction
Accounts receivable	$	171,580	$	160,218	$	131,808
Inventories	148,241		128,433		123,780
Goodwill	958,103		697,237		432,364
Field Solutions
Accounts receivable	$	71,465	$	63,542	$	52,065
Inventories	44,738		51,756		33,964
Goodwill	68,684		68,268		26,211
Mobile Solutions
Accounts receivable	$	59,720	$	36,465	$	24,806
Inventories	30,598		31,262		16,721
Goodwill	763,386		508,260		348,166
Advanced Devices
Accounts receivable	$	20,712	$	14,976	$	14,141
Inventories	16,952		20,612		18,387
Goodwill	25,526		23,927		21,996
Total
Accounts receivable	$	323,477	$	275,201	$	222,820
Inventories	240,529		232,063		192,852
Goodwill	1,815,699		1,297,692		828,737

A reconciliation of the Company’s consolidated segment operating income to consolidated income before income taxes is as follows:

Fiscal Years	2012			2011			2010
(in thousands)
Consolidated segment operating income	$	440,933		$	327,506		$	247,536
Unallocated corporate expense	(80,996		)	(70,310		)	(55,758		)
Acquisition costs	(21,662		)	(14,892		)	(6,537		)
Amortization of purchased intangible assets	(125,707		)	(85,902		)	(57,639		)
Consolidated operating income	212,568			156,402			127,602
Non-operating income, net	16,856			11,052			13,485
Consolidated income before taxes	$	229,424		$	167,454		$	141,087

Unallocated corporate expense includes general corporate expense, amortization of acquisition-related inventory step-up and restructuring cost. The geographic distribution of Trimble’s revenue and long-lived assets is summarized in the tables below. Other non-US geographies include Canada, and countries in South and Central America, the Middle East, and Africa. Revenue is defined as revenue from external customers.

Fiscal Years	2012		2011		2010
(in thousands)
Revenue (1):
United States	$	962,865	$	733,171	$	595,563
Europe	456,472		402,548		286,705
Asia Pacific	320,131		251,234		227,478
Other non-US countries	300,645		257,112		184,191
Total consolidated revenue	$	2,040,113	$	1,644,065	$	1,293,937

(1) Revenue is attributed to countries based on the location of the customer.

No single customer or country other than the United States accounted for 10% or more of Trimble’s total revenue in fiscal years 2012, 2011, and 2010.

Property and equipment, net by geographic area was as follows:

At the End of Fiscal Year	2012		2011
(in thousands)
Property and equipment, net:
United States	$	70,838	$	40,432
Europe	17,550		13,681
Asia Pacific and other non-US countries	8,502		8,611
Total property and equipment, net	$	96,890	$	62,724