Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment and Geographic Information [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:

	2015			2014			2013
Sales:
Global components	$	14,405,793		$	14,313,026		$	13,495,766
Global ECS	8,876,227			8,455,648			7,861,519
Consolidated	$	23,282,020		$	22,768,674		$	21,357,285
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	649,396		$	653,992		$	575,612
Global ECS	424,063			389,571			350,442
Corporate (a)	(248,977		)	(281,306		)	(232,554		)
Consolidated	$	824,482		$	762,257		$	693,500

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $68,765, $39,841, and $92,650 in 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively. Also included is a non-cash impairment charge associated with discontinuing the use of a trade name of $78,000 in 2014.

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

	2015		2014
Global components	$	7,276,143	$	6,952,342
Global ECS	5,074,529		4,761,628
Corporate	671,258		721,331
Consolidated	$	13,021,930	$	12,435,301

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

	2015		2014		2013
Americas (b)	$	11,721,528	$	11,340,277	$	11,023,076
EMEA	6,788,738		6,864,104		6,221,569
Asia/Pacific	4,771,754		4,564,293		4,112,640
Consolidated	$	23,282,020	$	22,768,674	$	21,357,285

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $10,761,932, $10,359,936, and $10,074,361 in 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

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

	2015		2014
Americas (c)	$	582,973	$	537,967
EMEA	88,727		76,487
Asia/Pacific	28,478		21,845
Consolidated	$	700,178	$	636,299

(c) Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $580,791 and $535,397 at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.