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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | SEGMENT INFORMATION Our reportable segments are based upon geographic region and are defined as North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia. These regions also represent our operating segments. Each segment manufactures home appliances and related components, but serves strategically different marketplaces. The chief operating decision maker evaluates performance based upon each segment's earning (loss) before interest and taxes (EBIT), which we define as operating profit less interest and sundry (income) expense and excluding restructuring costs, asset impairment charges and certain other items that management believes are not indicative of the Company's ongoing performance, if any. Total assets by segment are those assets directly associated with the respective operating activities. The "Other/Eliminations" column primarily includes corporate expenses, assets and eliminations, as well as restructuring costs and asset impairments, if any. Intersegment sales are eliminated within each region except compressor sales out of Latin America, which are included in Other/Eliminations. Effective January 1, 2018, we realigned the composition of certain segments to align with our new leadership reporting structure. We now report our Mexico business as a part of our Latin America segment, and have shifted certain adjacent business from the North America segment to the Asia segment. The determination of the Company's reportable segments was not affected by these changes. Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with current year presentation. Sales to Lowe's, a North American retailer, represented approximately 12%, 10% and 9% of our consolidated net sales in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company did not have any customer with accounts receivable of more than 10% of consolidated accounts receivable as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. In the last three years, two countries - the United States and China - individually comprised at least 10% of consolidated net sales or long-lived assets within the country in the last three years. The following table summarizes net sales and long-lived assets by geographic area:
Millions of dollars |  | United States |  | China |  | All Other Countries |  | Total
2018: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales to external customers |  | $ | 10,642 |  |  | $ | 851 |  |  | $ | 9,544 |  |  | $ | 21,037 |
Long-lived assets |  | 4,556 |  |  | 907 |  |  | 2,698 |  |  | 8,161 |
2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales to external customers |  | $ | 10,378 |  |  | $ | 824 |  |  | $ | 10,051 |  |  | $ | 21,253 |
Long-lived assets |  | 4,577 |  |  | 1,066 |  |  | 4,099 |  |  | 9,742 |
2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sales to external customers |  | $ | 9,901 |  |  | $ | 945 |  |  | $ | 9,872 |  |  | $ | 20,718 |
Long-lived assets |  | 4,587 |  |  | 981 |  |  | 3,750 |  |  | 9,318 |
|  | OPERATING SEGMENTS
Millions of dollars |  | North America |  | EMEA |  | Latin America |  | Asia |  | Other/ Eliminations |  | Total Whirlpool
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | 11,374 |  |  | 4,536 |  |  | 3,618 |  |  | 1,587 |  |  | (78 | ) |  | 21,037 |
2017 |  | 11,065 |  |  | 4,881 |  |  | 3,946 |  |  | 1,539 |  |  | (178 | ) |  | 21,253 |
2016 |  | 10,541 |  |  | 5,148 |  |  | 3,731 |  |  | 1,490 |  |  | (192 | ) |  | 20,718 |
Intersegment sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 267 |  |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 1,313 |  |  | $ | 358 |  |  | $ | (2,039 | ) |  | $ | — |
2017 |  | 271 |  |  | 118 |  |  | 1,273 |  |  | 289 |  |  | (1,951 | ) |  | — |
2016 |  | 263 |  |  | 67 |  |  | 1,257 |  |  | 291 |  |  | (1,878 | ) |  | — |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 196 |  |  | $ | 204 |  |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | 62 |  |  | $ | 645 |
2017 |  | 210 |  |  | 197 |  |  | 126 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 654 |
2016 |  | 212 |  |  | 204 |  |  | 121 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 655 |
EBIT |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 1,338 |  |  | $ | (106 | ) |  | $ | 184 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | (1,328 | ) |  | $ | 171 |
2017 |  | 1,282 |  |  | (19 | ) |  | 248 |  |  | 14 |  |  | (476 | ) |  | 1,049 |
2016 |  | 1,224 |  |  | 150 |  |  | 192 |  |  | 93 |  |  | (384 | ) |  | 1,275 |
Total assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 7,161 |  |  | $ | 7,299 |  |  | $ | 4,745 |  |  | $ | 2,636 |  |  | $ | (3,494 | ) |  | $ | 18,347 |
2017 |  | 6,956 |  |  | 8,781 |  |  | 4,847 |  |  | 2,745 |  |  | (3,291 | ) |  | 20,038 |
2016 |  | 7,018 |  |  | 7,497 |  |  | 4,242 |  |  | 2,829 |  |  | (2,433 | ) |  | 19,153 |
Capital expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 180 |  |  | $ | 154 |  |  | $ | 110 |  |  | $ | 71 |  |  | $ | 75 |  |  | $ | 590 |
2017 |  | 172 |  |  | 219 |  |  | 137 |  |  | 106 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 684 |
2016 |  | 172 |  |  | 199 |  |  | 132 |  |  | 68 |  |  | 89 |  |  | 660 |
A reconciliation of our segment information to the corresponding amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) is shown in the table below:
in millions |  | December 31, 2018 | December 31, 2017 | December 31, 2016
Total EBIT |  | 171 |  | 1,049 |  | 1,275 |
Less: Interest expense |  | 192 |  | 162 |  | 161 |
Less: Income tax (benefit) expense |  | 138 |  | 550 |  | 186 |
Net earnings (loss) |  | (159 | ) | 337 |  | 928 |

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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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