Concentration of Risk and Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2015

Concentration of Risk and Segment Data [Abstract]

Sales to Customers Who Accounted for 10 Percent or More of Company's Net Revenues, Expressed as Percentage of Consolidated Net Revenue and Accounts Receivable for Each Customer

Sales to the following customers who accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s net revenues, expressed as a percentage of consolidated net revenue, and the percentage of accounts receivable for each customer, were as follows:

	Percentage of Net Revenue						Percentage of Accounts Receivable
	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,						Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2015		2014		2013		2015		2014
Apple, Inc.	24	%	18	%	20	%	19	%	12	%
BlackBerry Limited	*		*		12	%	*		*

* Amount was less than 10% of total.

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated

The following table sets forth operating segment information (in thousands):
		Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
		2015		2014		2013
	Net revenue
	EMS	$	10,777,810	$	10,638,588	$	12,023,685
	DMS		7,121,386		5,123,558		5,225,808
		$	17,899,196	$	15,762,146	$	17,249,493

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

			Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
			2015		2014		2013
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax
EMS			$	297,097	$	242,181	$	304,043
DMS				372,912		103,188		338,051
	Total segment income		$	670,009	$	345,369	$	642,094
Reconciling items:
	Amortization of intangibles			(24,449)		(23,857)		(10,954)
	Stock-based compensation expense and related charges			(62,563)		(8,994)		(62,574)
	Restructuring and related charges			(33,066)		(85,369)		(80,513)
	Distressed customer charges			―		(15,113)		―
	Loss on disposal of subsidiaries			―		(7,962)		―
	Impairment of notes receivable and related charges			―		―		(25,597)
	Acquisition costs and certain purchase accounting
		adjustments		5,480		―		(10,037)
	Other expense			(5,627)		(7,637)		(6,095)
	Interest income			9,953		3,741		1,813
	Interest expense			(128,091)		(128,055)		(121,023)
Income from continuing operations before tax			$	431,646	$	72,123	$	327,114

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

	August 31, 2015		August 31, 2014
Total assets
EMS	$	2,865,172	$	2,300,262
DMS		4,241,699		3,460,769
Other non-allocated assets		2,496,336		2,699,046
Assets of discontinued operations		―		19,669
	$	9,603,207	$	8,479,746

External Net Revenue, Net of Intercompany Eliminations, and Long-Lived Asset Information

The following tables set forth external net revenue, net of intercompany eliminations, and long-lived asset information where individual countries represent a material portion of the total (in thousands):

		Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
		2015		2014		2013
External net revenue:
	Singapore	$	5,053,864	$	2,935,212	$	3,296,705
	China		3,941,714		3,614,174		3,263,400
	Mexico		2,555,502		2,475,393		3,686,540
	U.S.		2,142,691		2,444,305		2,281,907
	Malaysia		1,247,897		1,299,543		1,207,010
	Hungary		912,669		902,058		1,145,433
	Brazil		372,574		308,515		539,349
	Other		1,672,285		1,782,946		1,829,149
		$	17,899,196	$	15,762,146	$	17,249,493

		August, 31
		2015		2014
Long-lived assets:
	China	$	1,676,630	$	1,210,113
	U.S.		946,238		922,286
	Mexico		173,188		143,790
	Taiwan		135,316		137,237
	Hungary		95,084		58,824
	Spain		74,354		―
	Malaysia		68,467		73,129
	Singapore		62,468		59,335
	Poland		52,129		70,739
	Other		266,377		223,952
		$	3,550,251	$	2,899,405