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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information Segment information is presented in accordance with a “management approach,” which designates the internal reporting used by the chief operating decision-maker for making decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company's reportable segments. The Company's segments are organized in a manner consistent with which separate financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision-maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company has two reportable segments: Corporate, which is comprised primarily of business customers, and Public, which is comprised of government entities and education and healthcare institutions. The Company also has three other operating segments, CDW Advanced Services, Canada and Kelway, which do not meet the reportable segment quantitative thresholds and, accordingly, are combined together as “Other.” In November 2014, the Company acquired a 35% non-controlling equity interest in Kelway. See Note 15 for additional information on Kelway. The Company has centralized logistics and headquarters functions that provide services to the segments. The logistics function includes purchasing, distribution and fulfillment services to support both the Corporate and Public segments. As a result, costs and intercompany charges associated with the logistics function are fully allocated to both of these segments based on a percent of sales. The centralized headquarters function provides services in areas such as accounting, information technology, marketing, legal and coworker services. Headquarters' function costs that are not allocated to the segments are included under the heading of “Headquarters” in the tables below. Depreciation expense is included in Headquarters as it is not allocated among segments or used in measuring segment performance. IPO- and secondary-offering related expenses primarily relating to coworker compensation were included within operating segment results for the year ended December 31, 2013. See Note 9 for additional discussion of IPO- and secondary-offering related expenses. The Company allocates resources to and evaluates performance of its segments based on net sales, income (loss) from operations and Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure as defined in the Company's credit agreements. However, the Company has concluded that income (loss) from operations is the more useful measure in terms of discussion of operating results, as it is a GAAP measure. Segment information for total assets and capital expenditures is not presented, as such information is not used in measuring segment performance or allocating resources between segments. Selected Segment Financial Information The following table presents information about the Company’s segments for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:
(in millions) | Corporate |  | Public |  | Other |  | Headquarters |  | Total
2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 6,475.5 |  |  | $ | 4,879.4 |  |  | $ | 719.6 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 12,074.5 |
Income (loss) from operations | 439.8 |  |  | 313.2 |  |  | 32.9 |  |  | (112.9 | ) |  | 673.0 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | (96.3 | ) |  | (43.8 | ) |  | (8.8 | ) |  | (59.0 | ) |  | (207.9 | )
2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 5,960.1 |  |  | $ | 4,164.5 |  |  | $ | 644.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,768.6 |
Income (loss) from operations(1) | 363.3 |  |  | 246.5 |  |  | 27.2 |  |  | (128.4 | ) |  | 508.6 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | (97.3 | ) |  | (44.0 | ) |  | (8.6 | ) |  | (58.3 | ) |  | (208.2 | )
2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | $ | 5,512.8 |  |  | $ | 4,023.0 |  |  | $ | 592.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,128.2 |
Income (loss) from operations | 349.0 |  |  | 246.7 |  |  | 18.6 |  |  | (103.7 | ) |  | 510.6 |
Depreciation and amortization expense | (97.6 | ) |  | (44.0 | ) |  | (9.3 | ) |  | (59.3 | ) |  | (210.2 | )
(1) Includes $75.0 million of IPO- and secondary-offering related expenses, as follows: Corporate $26.4 million; Public $14.4 million; Other $3.6 million; and Headquarters $30.6 million. Major Customers, Geographic Areas, and Product Mix Net sales to the federal government were $884.2 million, $764.4 million and $964.7 million and accounted for approximately 7%, 7% and 10% of total net sales in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Net sales to customers outside of the U.S., primarily in Canada, were approximately 4% of the Company's total net sales in 2014, 2013 and 2012. Approximately 1% of the Company’s long-lived assets were located outside of the U.S. as of December 31, 2014 and 2013. The following table presents net sales by major category for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. Categories are based upon internal classifications. Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 have been reclassified for certain changes in individual product classifications to conform to the presentation for the year ended December 31, 2014.
| Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2012
| Dollars in Millions |  | Percentage of Total Net Sales |  | Dollars in Millions |  | Percentage of Total Net Sales |  | Dollars in Millions |  | Percentage of Total Net Sales
Notebooks/Mobile Devices | $ | 2,352.3 |  |  | 19.5 | % |  | $ | 1,698.4 |  |  | 15.8 | % |  | $ | 1,462.8 |  |  | 14.4 | %
NetComm Products | 1,615.9 |  |  | 13.4 |  |  | 1,486.3 |  |  | 13.8 |  |  | 1,351.5 |  |  | 13.3 |
Enterprise and Data Storage (Including Drives) | 1,024.3 |  |  | 8.5 |  |  | 999.2 |  |  | 9.3 |  |  | 981.5 |  |  | 9.7 |
Other Hardware | 4,549.2 |  |  | 37.6 |  |  | 4,178.5 |  |  | 38.8 |  |  | 4,075.7 |  |  | 40.3 |
Software | 2,076.7 |  |  | 17.2 |  |  | 1,993.1 |  |  | 18.5 |  |  | 1,877.7 |  |  | 18.5 |
Services | 371.4 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 332.7 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 285.0 |  |  | 2.8 |
Other (1) | 84.7 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 80.4 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 94.0 |  |  | 1.0 |
Total net sales | $ | 12,074.5 |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 10,768.6 |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | $ | 10,128.2 |  |  | 100.0 | %
(1) | Includes items such as delivery charges to customers and certain commission revenue.

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- 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://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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