Concentration of Risk and Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of 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,
	2021		2020		2019		2021	2020
Apple, Inc.(1)	22	%	20	%	22	%	*	*
Amazon.com(2)	*		11	%	*		*	*

*  Amount was less than 10% of total.

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

(2)Sales to this customer were reported primarily in the EMS operating segment.

Schedule of Revenues Disaggregated by Segment

The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by segment (in millions):

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2021						2020						2019
	EMS		DMS		Total		EMS		DMS		Total		EMS		DMS		Total
Timing of transfer
Point in time	$	4,464	$	7,183	$	11,647	$	4,363	$	6,068	$	10,431	$	2,832	$	6,101	$	8,933
Over time	9,440		8,198		17,638		9,730		7,105		16,835		10,135		6,214		16,349
Total	$	13,904	$	15,381	$	29,285	$	14,093	$	13,173	$	27,266	$	12,967	$	12,315	$	25,282

Reconciliation of Income from Segments to Consolidated

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

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax
EMS	$	509	$	374	$	394
DMS	732		490		483
Total segment income	$	1,241	$	864	$	877
Reconciling items:
Amortization of intangibles	(47)		(56)		(32)
Stock-based compensation expense and related charges	(102)		(83)		(61)
Restructuring, severance and related charges	(10)		(157)		(26)
Distressed customer charges	—		(15)		(6)
Business interruption and impairment charges, net	1		(6)		3
Acquisition and integration charges	(4)		(31)		(54)
Gain (loss) on securities	2		(49)		(30)
Other expense (net of periodic benefit cost)	(13)		(47)		(53)
Interest income	6		15		21
Interest expense	(130)		(174)		(188)
Income before income tax	$	944	$	261	$	451

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

(in millions)	August 31, 2021		August 31, 2020
Total assets:
EMS	$	4,340	$	3,729
DMS	8,228		7,251
Other non-allocated assets	4,086		3,417
Total	$	16,654	$	14,397

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas

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 millions):

	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2021		2020		2019
External net revenue:
Singapore	$	7,943	$	6,512	$	6,719
China	4,666		4,583		4,958
Mexico	4,323		4,686		4,526
Malaysia	2,121		1,903		1,682
Hungary	894		717		809
Other	4,523		4,117		3,490
Foreign source revenue	24,470		22,518		22,184
U.S.	4,815		4,748		3,098
Total	$	29,285	$	27,266	$	25,282

    

	August 31, 2021		August 31, 2020
Long-lived assets:
China	$	2,046	$	1,670
Mexico	361		376
Malaysia	281		232
Switzerland	217		219
Singapore	128		142
Hungary	125		101
Taiwan	106		115
Vietnam	103		108
Other	526		501
Long-lived assets related to foreign operations	3,893		3,464
U.S.	1,079		1,108
Total	$	4,972	$	4,572