Concentration of Risk and Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [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 customer that 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 the customer, were as follows:

	Percentage of Net Revenue Fiscal Year Ended August 31,						Percentage of Accounts Receivable as of August 31,
	2018		2017		2016		2018	2017
Apple, Inc.(1)	28	%	24	%	24	%	*	*

*     Amount was less than 10% of total.

⁽¹⁾  Sales to this customer were reported in the DMS operating segment.

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated

The following tables set forth operating segment information (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Net revenue
EMS	$	12,268,600	$	11,077,622	$	11,029,132
DMS	9,826,816		7,985,499		7,323,954
	$	22,095,416	$	19,063,121	$	18,353,086

Reconciliation of Income from Segments to Consolidated

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2018			2017			2016
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax
EMS	$	451,149		$	436,110		$	373,732
DMS	316,998			230,893			256,588
Total segment income	$	768,147		$	667,003		$	630,320
Reconciling items:
Amortization of intangibles	(38,490		)	(35,524		)	(37,121		)
Stock-based compensation expense and related charges	(98,511		)	(48,544		)	(58,997		)
Restructuring and related charges	(36,902		)	(160,395		)	(11,369		)
Acquisition and integration costs	(8,082		)	—			—
Distressed customer charges	(32,710		)	(10,198		)	—
Business interruption and impairment charges, net (1)	(11,299		)	—			—
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries	—			(2,112		)	—
Other expense	(37,563		)	(28,448		)	(8,380		)
Interest income	17,813			12,525			9,128
Interest expense	(149,002		)	(138,074		)	(136,536		)
Income before income tax	$	373,401		$	256,233		$	387,045

⁽¹⁾ Charges, net of insurance proceeds of $24.9 million, for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2018 relate to business interruption and asset impairment costs associated with damage from Hurricane Maria, which impacted our operations in Cayey, Puerto Rico, which is classified as a component of cost of revenue and selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

	August 31, 2018		August 31, 2017
Total assets
EMS	$	3,456,866	$	2,778,820
DMS	5,378,436		5,290,468
Other non-allocated assets	3,210,339		3,026,707
	$	12,045,641	$	11,095,995

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,
	2018		2017		2016
External net revenue:
Singapore	$	7,193,414	$	5,585,837	$	4,983,711
China	4,585,355		4,012,950		3,873,212
Mexico	3,533,437		3,207,059		3,043,609
Malaysia	1,389,851		1,119,384		1,113,456
Hungary	897,033		944,448		1,130,466
Other	2,651,632		2,547,750		2,499,241
Foreign source revenue	20,250,722		17,417,428		16,643,695
U.S.	1,844,694		1,645,693		1,709,391
Total	$	22,095,416	$	19,063,121	$	18,353,086

	August 31,
	2018		2017
Long-lived assets:
China	$	1,770,732	$	1,922,676
Singapore	191,506		204,181
Mexico	256,086		196,218
Taiwan	130,062		136,685
Malaysia	113,011		74,341
Hungary	91,063		89,814
Spain	79,991		83,064
Poland	60,847		55,617
Other	334,466		343,473
Long-lived assets related to foreign operations	3,027,764		3,106,069
U.S.	1,077,128		1,015,389
Total	$	4,104,892	$	4,121,458