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Segment Reporting
 3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Reporting Segment Reporting The Company is organized under two reportable operating segments: Seating, which consists of the design, development, engineering and manufacture of complete seat systems and key seat components, and E-Systems, which consists of the design, development, engineering and manufacture of complete electrical distribution and connection systems, battery disconnect units and other electronic products. Key components of the Company's complete seat systems and components are advanced comfort solutions, including thermal, safety and wellness products, as well as configurable seating product technologies. All of these products are compatible with traditional internal combustion engine ("ICE") architectures and electrified powertrains, including the full range of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric architectures. Key seat component product offerings include seat trim covers; surface materials such as leather and fabric; seat mechanisms; seat foam; thermal comfort systems such as seat massage, lumbar, heat, ventilation and active cooling products; and headrests. Key components of the Company's electrical distribution and connection systems portfolio include wire harnesses, terminals and connectors, high voltage battery connection systems and engineered components for both ICE architectures and electrified powertrains that require management of higher voltage and power. High voltage battery connection systems include intercell connect boards, bus bars and main battery connection systems. Key components of the other electronic products portfolio include zone control modules, body domain control modules and low voltage and high voltage power distribution modules. The Company's software offerings include
embedded control, cybersecurity software and software to control hardware devices. The Company's customers traditionally have sourced its electronic hardware together with the software that the Company embeds in it. The other category includes unallocated costs related to corporate headquarters, regional headquarters and the elimination of intercompany activities, none of which meets the requirements for being classified as an operating segment. Corporate and regional headquarters costs include various support functions, such as information technology, advanced research and development, corporate finance, legal, executive administration and human resources.
Each of the Company's operating segments reports its results from operations and makes its requests for capital expenditures directly to the chief operating decision maker. The economic performance of each operating segment is driven primarily by automotive production volumes in the geographic regions in which it operates, as well as by the success of the vehicle platforms for which it supplies products. Also, each operating segment operates in the competitive Tier 1 automotive supplier environment and is continually working with its customers to manage costs and improve quality. The Company's production processes generally make use of hourly labor, dedicated facilities, sequential manufacturing and assembly processes and commodity raw materials.
The Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based primarily on (i) revenues from external customers, (ii) pretax income before equity in net income of affiliates, interest expense and other expense, net ("segment earnings") and (iii) cash flows, being defined as segment earnings less capital expenditures plus depreciation and amortization.
A summary of revenues from external customers and other financial information by reportable operating segment is shown below (in millions):
 Three Months Ended April 1, 2023
 SeatingE-SystemsOtherConsolidated
Revenues from external customers$4,453.0 $1,392.5 $— $5,845.5 
Segment earnings (1)
285.8 42.3 (90.8)237.3 
Depreciation and amortization95.9 46.2 5.1 147.2 
Capital expenditures63.6 43.6 4.6 111.8 
Total assets8,549.8 3,981.5 1,872.9 14,404.2 
Three Months Ended April 2, 2022
 SeatingE-SystemsOtherConsolidated
Revenues from external customers$3,912.5 $1,295.9 $— $5,208.4 
Segment earnings (1)
200.1 15.9 (87.5)128.5 
Depreciation and amortization92.8 46.2 4.4 143.4 
Capital expenditures77.1 46.1 7.1 130.3 
Total assets7,975.0 3,631.7 2,120.6 13,727.3 
(1) See definition above
A reconciliation of segment earnings to consolidated income before provision for income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates is shown below (in millions):
 Three Months Ended
 April 1,
2023		April 2,
2022
Segment earnings$237.3 $128.5 
Interest expense24.2 24.9 
Other expense, net13.7 27.3 
Consolidated income before provision for income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates$199.4 $76.3