Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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:

	2017			2016			2015
Sales:
Global components	$	18,330,456		$	15,408,839		$	14,405,793
Global ECS	8,482,052			8,416,422			8,876,227
Consolidated	$	26,812,508		$	23,825,261		$	23,282,020
Operating income (loss):
Global components	$	801,027		$	686,466		$	649,396
Global ECS	445,081			441,803			424,063
Corporate (a)	(317,658		)	(269,730		)	(248,977		)
Consolidated	$	928,450		$	858,539		$	824,482

(a) Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $91,294, $73,602, and $68,765 in 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively, as well as an impairment on assets held for sale of $21,000 in 2017.

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

	2017		2016
Global components	$	10,229,168	$	8,360,926
Global ECS	5,430,217		5,053,172
Corporate	803,424		792,268
Consolidated	$	16,462,809	$	14,206,366

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

	2017		2016		2015
Americas (b)	$	12,408,383	$	11,442,690	$	11,721,528
EMEA	7,673,348		6,772,685		6,788,738
Asia/Pacific	6,730,777		5,609,886		4,771,754
Consolidated	$	26,812,508	$	23,825,261	$	23,282,020

(b) Includes sales related to the United States of $11,321,917, $10,501,131, and $10,761,932 in 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

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

	2017		2016
Americas (c)	$	688,637	$	631,386
EMEA	108,232		90,834
Asia/Pacific	41,606		34,079
Consolidated	$	838,475	$	756,299

(c) Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $683,988 and $626,964 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.