Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired and Intangible Assets, net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Text Block]

Cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired, allocated to the company's business segments, is as follows:

	Global Components			Global ECS			Total
December 31, 2010 (a)	$	670,871		$	665,480		$	1,336,351
Acquisitions	94,837			50,685			145,522
Other (primarily foreign currency translation)	(1,756		)	(6,784		)	(8,540		)
December 31, 2011 (a)	763,952			709,381			1,473,333
Acquisitions	198,392			34,969			233,361
Other (primarily foreign currency translation)	(4,428		)	9,437			5,009
December 31, 2012 (a)	$	957,916		$	753,787		$	1,711,703

(a) The total carrying value of cost in excess of net assets of companies acquired for all periods in the table above is reflected net of $1,018,780 of accumulated impairment charges, of which $716,925 was recorded in the global components business segment and $301,855 was recorded in the global ECS business segment.

Schedule of Definite and Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2012:

	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	179,000	$	—		$	179,000
Customer relationships	11 years	325,509		(100,172		)	225,337
Developed technology	5 years	11,154		(2,508		)	8,646
Other intangible assets	(b)	2,761		(1,711		)	1,050
		$	518,424	$	(104,391	)	$	414,033

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2011:

	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	179,000	$	—		$	179,000
Customer relationships	11 years	267,729		(69,762		)	197,967
Developed technology	6 years	11,029		(693		)	10,336
Procurement agreement	5 years	12,000		(11,400		)	600
Other intangible assets	(b)	14,573		(9,713		)	4,860
		$	484,331	$	(91,568	)	$	392,763

(b) Consists of non-competition agreements and sales backlog with useful lives ranging from one to three years.