Cost in Excess of Net Assets of Companies Acquired (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

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
Balance as of December 31, 2013 (a)	$	1,000,860		$	1,038,433		$	2,039,293
Acquisitions	56,510			29,227			85,737
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(4,877		)	(43,461		)	(48,338		)
Balance as of September 27, 2014 (a)	$	1,052,493		$	1,024,199		$	2,076,692

(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.

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of September 27, 2014:

	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	179,000	$	—		$	179,000
Customer relationships	10 years	400,554		(162,517		)	238,037
Developed technology	5 years	9,366		(5,339		)	4,027
Other intangible assets	(b)	2,703		(2,057		)	646
		$	591,623	$	(169,913	)	$	421,710

Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2013:

	Weighted-Average Life	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Trade names	indefinite	$	179,000	$	—		$	179,000
Customer relationships	10 years	374,244		(134,817		)	239,427
Developed technology	5 years	9,625		(4,051		)	5,574
Other intangible assets	(b)	4,609		(2,541		)	2,068
		$	567,478	$	(141,409	)	$	426,069

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