SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting, Measurement Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information by operating segment

During fiscal year 2018, 2017 and 2016, depreciation expense included in the segments' measure of operating performance above is as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2018		2017		2016
	(In thousands)
Depreciation expense
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	118,150	$	133,057	$	117,710
Consumer Technologies Group	110,276		110,379		123,139
Industrial & Emerging Industries	75,366		70,814		72,415
High Reliability Solutions	105,065		88,604		80,935
Corporate and Other	25,575		29,384		31,530
Total depreciation expense	$	434,432	$	432,238	$	425,729

Selected financial information by segment is as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2018			2017			2016
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	7,729,350		$	8,383,420		$	8,841,642
Consumer Technologies Group	6,969,821			6,362,338			6,997,526
Industrial & Emerging Industries	5,972,496			4,967,738			4,680,718
High Reliability Solutions	4,769,464			4,149,438			3,898,999
	$	25,441,131		$	23,862,934		$	24,418,885
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	186,335		$	229,332		$	265,076
Consumer Technologies Group	111,629			179,910			163,677
Industrial & Emerging Industries	235,422			179,749			157,588
High Reliability Solutions	380,878			334,108			294,635
Corporate and Other	(127,810		)	(107,850		)	(89,219		)
Total income	786,454			815,249			791,757
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	78,640			81,396			65,965
Stock-based compensation	85,244			82,266			77,580
Distressed customers asset impairments (1)	6,251			92,915			61,006
Restructuring charges (2)	90,691			49,395			—
Contingencies and other (3)	51,631			17,704			—
Other charges (income), net	(169,719		)	21,193			47,738
Interest and other, net	122,823			99,532			84,793
Income before income taxes	$	520,893		$	370,848		$	454,675

Corporate and other primarily includes corporate services costs that are not included in the CODM's assessment of the performance of each of the identified reporting segments.

(1) During fiscal year 2016, the Company accepted return of previously shipped inventory from a former customer, SunEdison, Inc. ("SunEdison"), of approximately $90 million. On April 21, 2016, SunEdison filed a petition for reorganization under bankruptcy law, and as a result, the Company recognized a bad debt reserve of $61 million as of March 31, 2016, associated with its outstanding SunEdison receivables.

During fiscal year 2017, prices for solar panel modules declined significantly. The Company determined that certain solar panel inventory on hand at the end of the fiscal year 2017 was not fully recoverable and recorded a charge of $60 million to reduce the carrying costs to market in fiscal year 2017. The Company also recognized a $16 million impairment charge for solar module equipment and $17 million primarily related to negative margin sales and other associated direct costs. The total charge of $93 million is included in cost of sales for fiscal year 2017 but is excluded from segment results above.

(2) The Company initiated restructuring plans in fiscal years 2018 and 2017 and incurred charges primarily for employee terminations costs, as well as other asset impairments. These charges are split between cost of sales and selling, general and administration expenses on the Company's consolidated statement of operations, and are excluded from the measurement of the Company's operating segment's performance. Refer to note 15 for more details about our restructuring charges.

(3) During fiscal year 2018, the Company incurred charges in connection with the matters described in note 13 for certain loss contingencies where it believes that losses are probable and estimable; coupled with various other charges predominately related to damages incurred from a typhoon that impacted one of its China facilities. Additionally, certain assets impairments were recorded during both fiscal years 2018 and 2017.

Schedule of geographic information by segment net sales

Geographic information is as follows:

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2018				2017				2016
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Asia	$	11,210,793	44	%	$	10,962,075	46	%	$	11,788,992	48	%
Americas	9,880,626		39	%	8,582,849		36	%	8,347,514		34	%
Europe	4,349,712		17	%	4,318,010		18	%	4,282,379		18	%
	$	25,441,131			$	23,862,934			$	24,418,885

Schedule of geographic information by segment long-lived assets

	As of March 31,
	2018				2017
	(In thousands)
Property and equipment, net:
Asia	$	747,314	33	%	$	960,290	41	%
Americas	1,012,188		45	%	939,888		41	%
Europe	480,004		22	%	416,848		18	%
	$	2,239,506			$	2,317,026