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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY  
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY

1. ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY

        Flextronics International Ltd. ("Flextronics" or the "Company") was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore in May 1990. The Company's operations have expanded over the years through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The Company is a globally-recognized leading provider of supply chain solutions that span from concept through consumption. The Company designs, builds, ships and services a complete packaged electronic product for original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") in the following business groups: High Reliability Solutions ("HRS"), which is comprised of our medical, automotive, and defense and aerospace businesses; High Velocity Solutions ("HVS"), which includes our mobile devices business, including smart phones; our consumer electronics business, including game consoles and wearable electronics; and our high-volume computing business, including various supply chain solutions for notebook personal computing ("PC"), tablets, and printers; Industrial and Emerging Industries ("IEI"), which is comprised of our household appliances, semi-cap equipment, kiosks, energy and emerging industries businesses; and Integrated Network Solutions ("INS"), which includes our telecommunications infrastructure, data networking, connected home, and server and storage businesses. The Company's strategy is to provide customers with a full range of cost competitive, global supply chain solutions through which the Company can design, build, ship and service a complete packaged product for its OEM customers. OEM customers leverage the Company's supply chain solutions to meet their product requirements throughout the entire product life cycle.

        The Company's service offerings include a comprehensive range of value-added design and engineering services that are tailored to the various markets and needs of its customers. Other focused service offerings relate to manufacturing (including enclosures, metals, plastic injection molding, precision plastics, machining, and mechanicals), system integration and assembly and test services, materials procurement, inventory management, logistics and after-sales services (including product repair, warranty services, re-manufacturing and maintenance), supply chain management software solutions, and component product offerings (including rigid and flexible printed circuit boards and power adapters and chargers).