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Segment Data | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Data | Note 15 – Segment and Geographic Data We conduct our business through two reportable segments: health care distribution and technology and value-added services. These segments offer different products and services to the same customer base. The health care distribution reportable segment aggregates our global dental, animal health and medical operating segments. This segment consists of consumable products, small equipment, laboratory products, large equipment, equipment repair services, branded and generic pharmaceuticals, vaccines, surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection-control products and vitamins. Our global dental group serves office-based dental practitioners, dental laboratories, schools and other institutions. Our global animal health group serves animal health practices and clinics. Our global medical group serves office-based medical practitioners, ambulatory surgery centers, other alternate-care settings and other institutions. Our global dental, animal health and medical groups serve practitioners in 25 countries worldwide. Our global technology and value-added services group provides software, technology and other value-added services to health care practitioners. Our technology group offerings include practice management software systems for dental and medical practitioners and animal health clinics. Our value-added practice solutions include financial services on a non-recourse basis, e-services and continuing education services for practitioners. B eginning with the first quarter of 2012, we have reported net sales and prior-year sales comparisons for each of our global d ental, animal health and m edical and global technology and v alue-a dded s ervices business groups. This sales reporting is consistent with our global business groups as realigned in 2012. These groups have been formed to provide distinct organizational focus for reaching and serving each practitioner segment with the benefits of a global perspective, as well as global product and service offerings and best practices. We will continue to report financial results for our health care distribution and technology and value-added s ervices reportable segments. The health care d istribution segment comprise s three global operating segments (dental, animal health and medical) and the technology and value-added s ervices segment remains unchanged. In connection with this change in business groups, goodwill was reallocated to the new reporting units. We reviewed the newly allocated goodwill and determined that there was no impairment. The following tables present information about our reportable and operating segments:
|  |  |  |  | Years Ended
|  |  |  |  | December 28, |  | December 29, |  | December 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Net Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution (1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Dental |  | $ | 4,997,972 |  | $ | 4,774,482 |  | $ | 4,764,898
|  | Animal health |  |  | 2,599,461 |  |  | 2,321,151 |  |  | 2,010,270
|  | Medical |  |  | 1,643,167 |  |  | 1,560,921 |  |  | 1,504,454
|  |  | Total health care distribution |  |  | 9,240,600 |  |  | 8,656,554 |  |  | 8,279,622
| Technology and value-added services (2) |  |  | 320,047 |  |  | 283,413 |  |  | 250,620
|  | Total |  | $ | 9,560,647 |  | $ | 8,939,967 |  | $ | 8,530,242
(1) | Consists of consumable products, small equipment, laboratory products, large equipment, equipment repair services, branded and
| generic pharmaceuticals, vaccines, surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection-control products and vitamins.
(2) | Consists of practice management software and other value-added products, which are distributed primarily to health care providers,
| and financial and other services, including e-services and continuing education services for practitioners.
|  |  |  | Years ended
|  |  |  | December 28, |  | December 29, |  | December 31,
|  |  |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Operating Income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 590,664 |  | $ | 541,667 |  | $ | 512,094
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 86,390 |  |  | 77,294 |  |  | 70,055
|  | Total |  | $ | 677,054 |  | $ | 618,961 |  | $ | 582,149
Income before taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 581,759 |  | $ | 529,236 |  | $ | 501,266
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 82,935 |  |  | 74,952 |  |  | 68,041
|  | Total |  | $ | 664,694 |  | $ | 604,188 |  | $ | 569,307
Depreciation and Amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 113,670 |  | $ | 113,688 |  | $ | 106,485
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 14,365 |  |  | 11,634 |  |  | 9,411
|  | Total |  | $ | 128,035 |  | $ | 125,322 |  | $ | 115,896
Income Tax Expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 165,869 |  | $ | 165,346 |  | $ | 157,391
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 25,022 |  |  | 22,512 |  |  | 22,821
|  | Total |  | $ | 190,891 |  | $ | 187,858 |  | $ | 180,212
Interest Income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 12,816 |  | $ | 13,293 |  | $ | 15,531
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 37 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 62
|  | Total |  | $ | 12,853 |  | $ | 13,394 |  | $ | 15,593
Interest Expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 27,375 |  | $ | 30,790 |  | $ | 30,350
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 163 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 27
|  | Total |  | $ | 27,538 |  | $ | 30,902 |  | $ | 30,377
Purchases of Fixed Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 57,364 |  | $ | 47,057 |  | $ | 42,751
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 2,851 |  |  | 4,180 |  |  | 2,425
|  | Total |  | $ | 60,215 |  | $ | 51,237 |  | $ | 45,176
|  |  |  | As of
|  |  |  | December 28, |  | December 29, |  | December 31,
|  |  |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Total Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Health care distribution |  | $ | 5,277,354 |  | $ | 5,001,188 |  | $ | 4,542,331
| Technology and value-added services |  |  | 347,282 |  |  | 332,809 |  |  | 197,813
|  | Total |  | $ | 5,624,636 |  | $ | 5,333,997 |  | $ | 4,740,144
The following table presents information about our operations by geographic area as of and for the three years ended December 28, 2013. Net sales by geographic area are based on the respective locations of our subsidiaries. No country, except for the United States, generated net sales greater than 10% of consolidated net sales. There were no material amounts of sales or transfers among geographic areas and there were no material amounts of export sales.
|  |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  | Net Sales |  | Long-Lived Assets |  | Net Sales |  | Long-Lived Assets |  | Net Sales |  | Long-Lived Assets
United States |  | $ | 5,813,512 |  | $ | 1,272,683 |  | $ | 5,496,969 |  | $ | 1,313,866 |  | $ | 5,212,861 |  | $ | 1,279,913
Other |  |  | 3,747,135 |  |  | 1,055,343 |  |  | 3,442,998 |  |  | 1,022,820 |  |  | 3,317,381 |  |  | 888,895
| Consolidated total |  | $ | 9,560,647 |  | $ | 2,328,026 |  | $ | 8,939,967 |  | $ | 2,336,686 |  | $ | 8,530,242 |  | $ | 2,168,808

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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 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 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 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 4: 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 5: 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 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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