Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Segment and Geographic Information

The company is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions.  The company distributes electronic components to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers through its global components business segment and provides enterprise computing solutions to value-added resellers through its global ECS business segment.  As a result of the company's philosophy of maximizing operating efficiencies through the centralization of certain functions, selected fixed assets and related depreciation, as well as borrowings, are not directly attributable to the individual operating segments and are included in the corporate business segment.

Sales and operating income (loss), by segment, for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

	2011			2010			2009
Sales:
Global components	$	14,853,823		$	13,168,381		$	9,751,305
Global ECS	6,536,441			5,576,295			4,932,796
Consolidated	$	21,390,264		$	18,744,676		$	14,684,101
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	823,774		$	715,333		$	318,866
Global ECS	262,893			191,489			167,748
Corporate (a)	(177,824		)	(156,047		)	(213,827		)
Consolidated	$	908,843		$	750,775		$	272,787

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $37,811, $33,494, and $105,514 in 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. Also included in 2011 is a charge of $5,875 related to the settlement of a legal matter.

Total assets, by segment, at December 31 are as follows:

	2011		2010
Global components	$	5,974,174	$	5,862,386
Global ECS	3,206,788		2,836,006
Corporate	648,117		902,146
Consolidated	$	9,829,079	$	9,600,538

Sales, by geographic area, for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

	2011		2010		2009
Americas (b)	$	10,576,106	$	9,111,557	$	7,056,745
EMEA	6,889,479		5,633,508		4,248,049
Asia/Pacific	3,924,679		3,999,611		3,379,307
Consolidated	$	21,390,264	$	18,744,676	$	14,684,101

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $9,706,593, $8,254,191, and $6,374,447 in 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Net property, plant and equipment, by geographic area, is as follows:

	2011		2010
Americas (c)	$	479,420	$	431,066
EMEA	56,552		55,607
Asia/Pacific	20,257		18,867
Consolidated	$	556,229	$	505,540

(c) Includes net property, plant and equipment related to the United States of $478,376 and $429,922 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.