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Goodwill (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 01, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Text Block] | Goodwill of companies acquired, allocated to the company's business segments, is as follows:
|  | Global Components |  | Global ECS |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2015 (a) |  | $ | 1,230,832 |  |  | $ | 1,138,000 |  |  | $ | 2,368,832 |
Acquisitions and related adjustments |  | 20,740 |  |  | 39,614 |  |  | 60,354 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  | 4,018 |  |  | 8,642 |  |  | 12,660 |
Balance as of October 1, 2016 (a) |  | $ | 1,255,590 |  |  | $ | 1,186,256 |  |  | $ | 2,441,846 |
(a) | The total carrying value of goodwill for all periods in the table above is reflected net of $1,018,780 of accumulated impairment charges, of which $716,925 was recorded in the global components business segment and $301,855 was recorded in the global ECS business segment.
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of October 1, 2016:
|  | Weighted-Average Life |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Trade names |  | indefinite |  | $ | 101,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 101,000 |
Customer relationships |  | 10 years |  | 485,493 |  |  | (238,987 | ) |  | 246,506 |
Developed technology |  | 5 years |  | 16,220 |  |  | (10,993 | ) |  | 5,227 |
Other intangible assets |  | (b) |  | 7,015 |  |  | (3,780 | ) |  | 3,235 |
|  |  |  | $ | 609,728 |  |  | $ | (253,760 | ) |  | $ | 355,968 |
(b) | Consists of non-competition agreements, sales backlog, and an amortizable trade name with useful lives ranging from two to five years.
Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2015:
|  | Weighted-Average Life |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Trade names |  | indefinite |  | $ | 101,000 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 101,000 |
Customer relationships |  | 10 years |  | 498,319 |  |  | (215,263 | ) |  | 283,056 |
Developed technology |  | 5 years |  | 13,154 |  |  | (7,894 | ) |  | 5,260 |
Other intangible assets |  | (c) |  | 917 |  |  | (907 | ) |  | 10 |
|  |  |  | $ | 613,390 |  |  | $ | (224,064 | ) |  | $ | 389,326 |
(c) | Consists of non-competition agreements with useful lives ranging from two to three years.

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- Definition Disclosure of amortizable intangible assets, in total and by major class, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization. Disclosure of the carrying value of intangible assets not subject to amortization, excluding goodwill. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the oeprations of the company. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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