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Segment and Geographic Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Sep. 26, 2020 | Jun. 27, 2020 | Mar. 28, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Sep. 28, 2019 | Jun. 29, 2019 | Mar. 30, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  | $ 8,454,192 | $ 7,231,260 | $ 6,606,494 | $ 6,381,417 | $ 7,338,190 | $ 7,078,118 | $ 7,344,548 | $ 7,155,991 | $ 28,673,363 | [1] | $ 28,916,847 | [1] | $ 29,676,768 | [1]
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating income |  | 321,412 | $ 238,182 | $ 196,613 | 138,304 | 238,108 | 173,218 | (549,190) | $ 245,560 | 894,511 |  | 107,696 |  | 1,147,512 |
Impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 697,993 |  | 7,223 |  | 698,246 |  | 0 |
Restructuring, integration, and other charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,288 |  | 89,785 |  | 60,361 |
Loss on disposition of businesses, net |  |  |  |  |  | 5,813 |  |  |  | 0 |  | 21,252 |  | 3,604 |
ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 17,053,911 |  |  |  | 16,400,796 |  |  |  | 17,053,911 |  | 16,400,796 |  |  |
Foreign tax and other loss contingencies |  |  |  |  | $ 32,700 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Global components [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20,502,687 |  | 20,250,735 |  | 20,856,851 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating income | [2] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 780,333 |  | (10,199) |  | 1,007,638 |
Inventory Write-down |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20,114 |  |  |  | 22,332 |  |  |
Receivables and Inventory write down |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 15,851 |  |  |  | 18,037 |  |  |
Restructuring, integration, and other charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,778 |  |  |
Loss on disposition of businesses, net |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 14,573 |  |  |  |  | 19,384 |  |  |
ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 10,509,970 |  |  |  | 10,253,006 |  |  |  | 10,509,970 |  | 10,253,006 |  |  |
Global ECS [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,170,676 |  | 8,666,112 |  | 8,819,917 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating income | [3] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 353,763 |  | 426,192 |  | 427,605 |
Impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,918 |  |  |  |  |
ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  | 5,718,992 |  |  |  | 5,479,919 |  |  |  | 5,718,992 |  | 5,479,919 |  |  |
Foreign tax and other loss contingencies |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 29,858 |  |  |  |  |
Corporate [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating income | [4] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (239,585) |  | (308,297) |  | (287,731) |
Impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,305 |  |  |  |  |
Restructuring, integration, and other charges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,288 |  | 79,007 |  | 60,361 |
Loss on disposition of businesses, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,868 |  | $ 3,604 |
ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets |  | $ 824,949 |  |  |  | $ 667,871 |  |  |  | $ 824,949 |  | $ 667,871 |  |  |
[1] | Includes sales related to the United States of $10,162,989, $11,511,611, and $12,157,306 for 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.
[2] | Global components operating income for 2019 includes restructuring, integration, and other charges of $10,778, a loss on disposition of businesses, net, of $19,384, impairments of $698,246, a non-recurring charge of $22,332 related to a subset of inventory held by its digital business, and a non-recurring charge of $18,037 related to the receivables and inventory of its financing solutions business. During 2019 the company decided to narrow its digital inventory offerings and will no longer provide notes to its components customers.
[3] | Global ECS operating income for 2020 includes reserves and other adjustments of approximately $29,858 primarily related to foreign tax and other loss contingencies. These reserves are principally associated with transactional taxes on activity from several prior years, not significant to any one year. Global ECS operating income for 2020 also includes $4,918 in impairment charges related to various long-lived assets.
[4] | Corporate operating income for the years 2020, 2019, and 2018 includes restructuring, integration, and other charges (credits) of $13,288, $79,007, and $60,361, respectively. Also included in 2019 and 2018 was a net loss on the disposition of businesses of $1,868 and $3,604, respectively. Corporate operating income for 2020 includes $2,305 of impairment charges related to various long-lived assets.

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