Concentration of Risk and Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2016

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,
		2016		2015		2014		2016		2015
Apple, Inc.		24	%	24	%	18	%	*	%	19	%
*	Amount was less than 10% of total.

* 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,
		2016		2015		2014
	Net revenue
	EMS	$	11,029,132	$	10,777,810	$	10,638,588
	DMS		7,323,954		7,121,386		5,123,558
		$	18,353,086	$	17,899,196	$	15,762,146

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated

			Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
			2016		2015		2014
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax
EMS			$	373,732	$	297,097	$	242,181
DMS				256,588		372,912		103,188
	Total segment income		$	630,320	$	670,009	$	345,369
Reconciling items:
	Amortization of intangibles			(37,121)		(24,449)		(23,857)
	Stock-based compensation expense and related charges			(58,997)		(62,563)		(8,994)
	Restructuring and related charges			(11,369)		(33,066)		(85,369)
	Distressed customer charges			―		―		(15,113)
	Loss on disposal of subsidiaries			―		―		(7,962)
	Acquisition costs and certain purchase accounting
		adjustments		―		5,480		―
	Other expense			(8,380)		(5,627)		(7,637)
	Interest income			9,128		9,953		3,741
	Interest expense			(136,536)		(128,091)		(128,055)
Income from continuing operations before tax			$	387,045	$	431,646	$	72,123

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

	August 31, 2016		August 31, 2015
Total assets
EMS	$	2,615,237	$	2,865,172
DMS		5,012,798		4,241,699
Other non-allocated assets		2,694,642		2,484,729
	$	10,322,677	$	9,591,600

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,
		2016		2015		2014
External net revenue:
	Singapore	$	4,983,711	$	5,053,864	$	2,935,212
	China		3,873,212		3,941,714		3,614,174
	Mexico		3,043,609		2,555,502		2,475,393
	U.S.		1,709,391		2,142,691		2,444,305
	Hungary		1,130,466		912,669		902,058
	Malaysia		1,113,456		1,247,897		1,299,543
	Other		2,499,241		2,044,859		2,091,461
		$	18,353,086	$	17,899,196	$	15,762,146

		August, 31
		2016		2015
Long-lived assets:
	China	$	2,031,634	$	1,676,630
	U.S.		992,575		946,238
	Singapore		235,115		62,468
	Mexico		185,146		173,188
	Taiwan		149,200		135,316
	Hungary		106,481		95,084
	Spain		72,643		74,354
	Malaysia		63,844		68,467
	Poland		52,722		52,129
	Other		334,246		266,377
		$	4,223,606	$	3,550,251