Company Operations By Business Unit

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Company Operations By Business Unit

Company Operations by Business Unit

Effective January 1, 2013, the Company's business unit structure was realigned into three market-focused business units that are defined by the customers and markets they serve: Research, Applied and SAFC Commercial. The business unit structure is the Company's approach to serving customers and reporting sales rather than any internal division used to allocate resources. Net sales for the Company's business units are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Research	$	361	$	372
Applied	159		153
SAFC Commercial	155		140
Total	$	675	$	665

During 2012, the Company operated with the business units of Research and SAFC.

The Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker is the CEO. The CEO and the Board review profit and loss information on a consolidated basis to assess performance and make overall operating decisions as well as resource allocations. The Company's business units are closely interrelated in their activities and share services such as order entry, billing, technical services, the e-commerce infrastructure, purchasing and inventory control. The business units also share production and distribution facilities. Additionally, these business units are supported by centralized functional areas such as finance, human resources, quality, safety and compliance and information technology. Further, the Company’s CEO, CFO and business unit Presidents participate in compensation programs in which all or a significant portion of their incentive compensation is based upon consolidated Company results for sales growth (and for the business unit Presidents, the sales growth in the business unit for which they are responsible), consolidated Company operating income, consolidated Company free cash flow and individual/business unit objectives based on consolidated Company EPS (and for the business unit Presidents, the profitability for certain sites within their respective business unit). Based on these factors, the Company has concluded that it operates in one segment.

Sales are attributed to countries based upon the location from which the product was shipped or services were performed. Geographic financial information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Net sales to unaffiliated customers:
United States	$	256	$	240
Other countries	419		425
Total	$	675	$	665

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	549	$	549
Other countries	371		351
Total	$	920	$	900