XML 32 R19.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.19.3

SEGMENT INFORMATION | 9 Months Ended
--- | ---
Sep. 30, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
SEGMENT INFORMATION | SEGMENT INFORMATION Grainger's two reportable segments are the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. reportable segment reflects the results of Grainger's U.S. businesses. The Canada reportable segment reflects the results of Acklands-Grainger, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Other businesses include the endless assortment businesses, Zoro Tools, Inc. (Zoro) in the U.S. and MonotaRO Co. (MonotaRO) in Japan, and smaller high-touch solutions businesses in Europe, Asia and Mexico. These businesses individually do not meet the criteria of a reportable segment. Following is a summary of segment results (in millions of dollars):
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
| U.S. |  | Canada |  | Total Reportable Segments |  | Other businesses |  | Total
Total net sales | $ | 2,277 |  |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 2,406 |  |  | $ | 673 |  |  | $ | 3,079 |
Intersegment net sales | (131 | ) |  | — |  |  | (131 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (132 | )
Net sales to external customers | $ | 2,146 |  |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 2,275 |  |  | $ | 672 |  |  | $ | 2,947 |
Segment operating earnings | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 373 |
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
| U.S. |  | Canada |  | Total Reportable Segments |  | Other businesses |  | Total
Total net sales | $ | 2,188 |  |  | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 2,337 |  |  | $ | 610 |  |  | $ | 2,947 |
Intersegment net sales | (115 | ) |  | — |  |  | (115 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (116 | )
Net sales to external customers | $ | 2,073 |  |  | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 2,222 |  |  | $ | 609 |  |  | $ | 2,831 |
Segment operating earnings | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 322 |  |  | $ | (99 | ) |  | $ | 223 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
| U.S. |  | Canada |  | Total Reportable Segments |  | Other businesses |  | Total
Total net sales | $ | 6,648 |  |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | 7,048 |  |  | $ | 1,969 |  |  | $ | 9,017 |
Intersegment net sales | (376 | ) |  | — |  |  | (376 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (378 | )
Net sales to external customers | $ | 6,272 |  |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | 6,672 |  |  | $ | 1,967 |  |  | $ | 8,639 |
Segment operating earnings | $ | 1,088 |  |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 1,084 |  |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 1,171 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
| U.S. |  | Canada |  | Total Reportable Segments |  | Other businesses |  | Total
Total net sales | $ | 6,471 |  |  | $ | 508 |  |  | $ | 6,979 |  |  | $ | 1,820 |  |  | $ | 8,799 |
Intersegment net sales | (338 | ) |  | — |  |  | (338 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (341 | )
Net sales to external customers | $ | 6,133 |  |  | $ | 508 |  |  | $ | 6,641 |  |  | $ | 1,817 |  |  | $ | 8,458 |
Segment operating earnings | $ | 1,032 |  |  | $ | (38 | ) |  | $ | 994 |  |  | $ | (22 | ) |  | $ | 972 |
Following are reconciliations of segment information with the consolidated totals per the financial statements (in millions of dollars):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Operating earnings: |  |  |
Total operating earnings for reportable segments | $ | 343 |  |  | $ | 322 |  |  | $ | 1,084 |  |  | $ | 994 |
Other businesses | 30 |  |  | (99 | ) |  | 87 |  |  | (22 | )
Unallocated expenses | (35 | ) |  | (34 | ) |  | (90 | ) |  | (104 | )
Total consolidated operating earnings | $ | 338 |  |  | $ | 189 |  |  | $ | 1,081 |  |  | $ | 868 |
| As of |  |  |  |
| September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 2,637 |  |  | $ | 2,496 |  |  |  |  |
Canada | 166 |  |  | 188 |  |  |  |  |
Assets for reportable segments | 2,803 |  |  | 2,684 |  |  |  |  |
Other current and noncurrent assets | 3,016 |  |  | 2,879 |  |  |  |  |
Unallocated assets | 103 |  |  | 310 |  |  |  |  |
Total consolidated assets | $ | 5,922 |  |  | $ | 5,873 |  |  |  |  |
The Company is a broad-line distributor of MRO products and services. Products are regularly added and deleted from the Company's inventory. Accordingly, it would be impractical to provide sales information by product category due to the way the business is managed. Unallocated expenses primarily relate to the Company's headquarters support services and intercompany eliminations, which are not part of any reportable segment. Unallocated expenses include supply chain, product management and procurement, finance, communications, human resources, information systems, legal and compliance, internal audit and real estate. Assets for reportable segments include net accounts receivable and first-in, first-out inventory which are reported to the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker. Other current and non-current assets include all other assets of the reportable segments. Unallocated assets are primarily comprised of non-operating cash and cash equivalents, property, buildings and equipment, net, and certain prepaid expenses related to the Company's headquarters support services.

X
- References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_SegmentReportingAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_SegmentReportingDisclosureTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration