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SEGMENT INFORMATION:
9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
SEGMENT INFORMATION: 
Operating segments
Operating segments are based on components of the Company that engage in business activity that earn revenue and incur expenses and (a) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resource allocation and performance and (b) for which discrete financial information is available.
The Company operates in two segments: Technology Solutions and Concentrix. The Technology Solutions segment distributes peripherals, IT systems including data center server and storage solutions, system components, software, networking equipment, CE, and complementary products. The Technology Solutions segment also provides systems design and integration solutions.
The Concentrix segment offers a portfolio of end-to-end business services focused on customer engagement strategy, process optimization, technology innovation, front and back-office automation and business transformation to clients in ten identified industry verticals.
Summarized financial information related to the Company’s reportable business segments for the three months ended August 31, 2015 and 2014 is shown below:
 
Technology Solutions
 
Concentrix
 
Inter-Segment
Elimination
 
Consolidated
Three months ended August 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
$
2,976,996

 
$
359,464

 
$
(3,923
)
 
$
3,332,537

Income from operations before non-operating items, income taxes and noncontrolling interest
71,032

 
10,129

 
118

 
81,279

Three months ended August 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
3,204,534

 
333,796

 
(3,128
)
 
3,535,202

Income from operations before non-operating items, income taxes and noncontrolling interest
76,937

 
1,746

 
119

 
78,802

Nine months ended August 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
$
8,756,841

 
$
1,043,031

 
$
(11,092
)
 
$
9,788,780

Income from operations before non-operating items, income taxes and noncontrolling interest
222,512

 
26,719

 
356

 
249,587

Nine months ended August 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
9,270,439

 
754,243

 
(8,961
)
 
10,015,721

Income (loss) from operations before non-operating items, income taxes and noncontrolling interest
210,602

 
(2,202
)
 
435

 
208,835

Total assets as of August 31, 2015
$
3,922,568

 
$
1,052,425

 
$
(760,473
)
 
$
4,214,520

Total assets as of November 30, 2014
4,422,841

 
938,450

 
(648,249
)
 
4,713,042


Inter-segment elimination represents services and transactions generated between the Company's reportable segments that are eliminated on consolidation. Substantially all of the inter-segment revenue for each of the periods presented represents services provided by the Concentrix segment to the Technology Solutions segment.
Geographic information
Shown below is summarized financial information related to the geographic areas in which the Company operates. The revenue attributable to countries is based on the geography of entities from where the products are distributed or from where customer service contracts are managed.
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
August 31, 2015
 
August 31, 2014
 
August 31, 2015
 
August 31, 2014
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
2,528,698

 
$
2,530,111

 
$
7,225,891

 
$
7,152,796

Canada
345,887

 
396,857

 
1,044,607

 
1,192,478

Japan
212,021

 
308,516

 
767,548

 
1,042,171

Others
245,931

 
299,718

 
750,734

 
628,276

Total
$
3,332,537

 
$
3,535,202

 
$
9,788,780

 
$
10,015,721

 
As of
 
August 31, 2015
 
November 30, 2014
Property and equipment, net:
 
 
 
United States
$
115,679

 
$
100,369

Philippines
27,170

 
27,077

Others
93,343

 
73,357

Total
$
236,192

 
$
200,803


During the three and nine months ended August 31, 2015 and 2014, no other country represented more than 10% of the total revenue. As of August 31, 2015 and November 30, 2014, no other country represented more than 10% of the total net property and equipment.