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Segment and Geographic Information
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment and Geographic Information [Text Block]
Segment and Geographic Information

The company is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions.  The company distributes electronic components to original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers through its global components business segment and provides enterprise computing solutions to value-added resellers through its global ECS business segment.  As a result of the company's philosophy of maximizing operating efficiencies through the centralization of certain functions, selected fixed assets and related depreciation, as well as borrowings, are not directly attributable to the individual operating segments and are included in the corporate business segment.
 
Sales and operating income (loss), by segment, for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Sales:
 
 
 
 
 
Global components
$
14,313,026

 
$
13,495,766

 
$
13,361,122

Global ECS
8,455,648

 
7,861,519

 
7,044,006

Consolidated
$
22,768,674

 
$
21,357,285

 
$
20,405,128

Operating income (loss):
 

 
 

 
 
Global components
$
653,992

 
$
575,612

 
$
619,282

Global ECS
389,571

 
350,442

 
290,970

Corporate (a)
(281,306
)
 
(232,554
)
 
(106,129
)
Consolidated
$
762,257

 
$
693,500

 
$
804,123


(a)
Includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $39,841, $92,650, and $47,437 in 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. Also included is a non-cash impairment charge associated with discontinuing the use of a trade name of $78,000 in 2014 and a gain of $79,158 in 2012 related to the settlement of legal matters.

Total assets, by segment, at December 31 are as follows:

 
 
2014
 
2013
Global components
 
$
6,952,342

 
$
6,596,255

Global ECS
 
4,761,628

 
4,807,400

Corporate
 
728,886

 
657,228

Consolidated
 
$
12,442,856

 
$
12,060,883













Sales, by geographic area, for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Americas (b)
 
$
11,340,277

 
$
11,023,076

 
$
10,641,903

EMEA
 
6,864,104

 
6,221,569

 
5,927,231

Asia/Pacific
 
4,564,293

 
4,112,640

 
3,835,994

Consolidated
 
$
22,768,674

 
$
21,357,285

 
$
20,405,128



(b)
Includes sales related to the United States of $10,359,936, $10,074,361, and $9,746,612 in 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

Net property, plant, and equipment, by geographic area, is as follows:
 
 
2014
 
2013
Americas (c)
 
$
537,967

 
$
526,640

EMEA
 
76,487

 
84,383

Asia/Pacific
 
21,845

 
21,366

Consolidated
 
$
636,299

 
$
632,389


(c)
Includes net property, plant, and equipment related to the United States of $535,397 and $525,080 at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.