Revenue

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Revenue

Note 9 – Revenue

The Company’s revenues are generated primarily from the sale of manufactured products built to customer specifications. The Company also generates revenue from design, development and engineering services, in addition to the sale of other inventory.

Revenue is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer. The Company recognizes revenue when it satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control over a manufactured product to a customer. The Company’s contracts with customers are generally short-term in nature. The Company applies the optional exemption related to short-term performance obligations and does not disclose information about remaining performance obligations that have original expected durations of one year or less. Customers are generally billed when the product is shipped or as services are performed. Under the majority of the Company’s manufacturing contracts with customers, the customer controls all of the work-in-progress as products are being built. Revenues under these contracts are recognized progressively based on the cost-to-cost method. For other manufacturing contracts, the customer does not take control of the product until it is completed. Under these contracts, the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the product to the customer. Revenue from design, development and engineering services is recognized over time as the services are performed. The Company assumes no significant obligations after shipment as it typically warrants workmanship only. Therefore, the warranty provisions are generally not significant.

If the Company records revenue, but does not issue an invoice, a contract asset is recognized. The contract asset is transferred to accounts receivable when the entitlement to payment becomes unconditional.

Taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction, that are collected by the Company from a customer, are excluded from revenue.

Shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight after control over a product has transferred to a customer are accounted for as fulfillment costs and are included in cost of sales.

Disaggregation of revenue

In the following tables, revenue is disaggregated by market sector. The tables also include a reconciliation of the disaggregated revenue with the reportable operating segments.

	Reportable Operating Segments
	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
(in thousands)	Americas		Asia		Europe		Total
Market Sector:
Industrials	$	20,996	$	55,410	$	19,046	$	95,452
A&D		83,487		—		5,894		89,381
Medical		47,424		40,784		19,982		108,190
Semi-Cap		48,866		48,761		15,483		113,110
Computing		35,338		8,348		—		43,686
Telecommunications		29,958		25,719		225		55,902
External revenue		266,069		179,022		60,630		505,721
Elimination of intersegment sales		10,769		9,282		250		20,301
Segment revenue	$	276,838	$	188,304	$	60,880	$	526,022

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
(in thousands)	Americas		Asia		Europe		Total
Market Sector:
Industrials	$	33,945	$	48,225	$	20,656	$	102,826
A&D		113,012	—			6,188		119,200
Medical		69,379		44,203		4,394		117,976
Semi-Cap		30,449		37,292		14,979		82,720
Computing		30,074		6,527	—			36,601
Telecommunications		26,649		28,659		333		55,641
External revenue		303,508		164,906		46,550		514,964
Elimination of intersegment sales		10,888		6,703		450		18,041
Segment revenue	$	314,396	$	171,609	$	47,000	$	533,005

During both the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, 90% of the Company’s revenue was recognized as products and services were transferred over time.

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections result in billed accounts receivable, contract assets and advance payments from customers.  

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $148.2 million and $142.8 million, respectively, in contract assets from contracts with customers. The contract assets primarily relate to the Company’s right to consideration for work completed but not billed at the reporting date. The contract assets are transferred to accounts receivable when the rights become unconditional.

Significant changes in the contract asset balance during the period are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2021			2020
Beginning balance as of December 31	$	142,779		$	161,061
Revenue recognized		455,753			464,727
Amounts collected or invoiced		(450,327	)		(465,826	)
Ending balance as of March 31	$	148,205		$	159,962

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had $76.8 million and $84.1 million, respectively, in advance payments from customers.  Of those amounts, $50.7 million and $54.9 million, respectively, were customer deposits and prepayments of inventory and $26.1 million and $29.2 million, respectively, were related to the contractual timing of payments.  The advance payments are not considered a significant financing component because they are used to meet working capital demands of a contract, offset inventory risks and protect the company from the failure of other parties to fulfill obligations under a contract.