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Segment and Geographic Information
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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 and managed service providers 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, by segment by geographic area, are as follows:

 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Components:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Americas
 
$
7,816,533

 
$
7,010,385

 
$
5,921,803

EMEA (a)
 
5,733,222

 
4,868,862

 
4,086,607

Asia/Pacific
 
7,307,096

 
6,451,209

 
5,400,429

Global components
 
$
20,856,851

 
$
18,330,456

 
$
15,408,839

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ECS:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Americas
 
$
5,742,526

 
$
5,388,888

 
$
5,352,106

EMEA (a)
 
3,077,391

 
2,835,219

 
2,726,927

Global ECS
 
$
8,819,917

 
$
8,224,107

 
$
8,079,033

Consolidated (b)
 
$
29,676,768

 
$
26,554,563

 
$
23,487,872


(a)    Defined as Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

(b)
Includes sales related to the United States of $12,157,306, $11,038,930, and $10,137,041 for 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively.

Operating income (loss), by segment, are as follows:

 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Operating income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
Global components
$
1,007,638

 
$
801,027

 
$
686,466

Global ECS
427,605

 
444,710

 
441,926

Corporate (c)
(287,731
)
 
(300,001
)
 
(251,566
)
Consolidated
$
1,147,512

 
$
945,736

 
$
876,826


(c)
Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $60,361, $74,588, and $61,391 in 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively. Also included in 2018 and 2017 was a net loss on the disposition of businesses of $3,604 and $21,000, respectively.

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

 
 
2018
 
2017
Global components
 
$
11,425,579

 
$
10,229,168

Global ECS
 
5,632,102

 
5,426,675

Corporate
 
726,764

 
803,424

Consolidated
 
$
17,784,445

 
$
16,459,267



Net property, plant, and equipment, by geographic area, is as follows:
 
 
2018
 
2017
Americas (d)
 
$
673,228

 
$
688,637

EMEA
 
110,996

 
108,232

Asia/Pacific
 
40,476

 
41,606

Consolidated
 
$
824,700

 
$
838,475


(d)
Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $670,201 and $683,988 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.