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Reportable Segments, Geographic Information And Major Customers | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 03, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Reportable Segments, Geographic Information And Major Customers | Reportable Segments, Geographic Information and Major Customers Reportable segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or group, in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company uses an internal management reporting system, which provides important financial data to evaluate performance and allocate the Company’s resources on a regional basis. Net sales for the segments are attributed to the region in which the product is manufactured or the service is performed. The services provided, manufacturing processes used, class of customers serviced and order fulfillment processes used are similar and generally interchangeable across the segments. A segment’s performance is evaluated based upon its operating income (loss). A segment’s operating income (loss) includes its net sales less cost of sales and selling and administrative expenses, but excludes corporate and other expenses. Corporate and other expenses primarily represent corporate selling and administrative expenses, and restructuring and impairment charges, if any. These costs are not allocated to the segments, as management excludes such costs when assessing the performance of the segments. Inter-segment transactions are generally recorded at amounts that approximate arm’s length transactions. The accounting policies for the segments are the same as for the Company taken as a whole. Information about the Company’s three reportable segments for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |
AMER |  | $ | 1,389,017 |  |  | $ | 1,238,225 |  |  | $ | 1,062,758 |
APAC |  | 1,285,905 |  |  | 1,132,503 |  |  | 1,146,299 |
EMEA |  | 140,292 |  |  | 115,893 |  |  | 122,566 |
Elimination of inter-segment sales |  | (160,924 | ) |  | (108,372 | ) |  | (103,592 | )
|  | $ | 2,654,290 |  |  | $ | 2,378,249 |  |  | $ | 2,228,031 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
AMER |  | $ | 68,585 |  |  | $ | 79,211 |  |  | $ | 70,863 |
APAC |  | 160,217 |  |  | 135,539 |  |  | 116,350 |
EMEA |  | (8,129 | ) |  | (11,923 | ) |  | (3,096 | )
Corporate and other costs |  | (105,237 | ) |  | (102,220 | ) |  | (87,494 | )
|  | $ | 115,436 |  |  | $ | 100,607 |  |  | $ | 96,623 |
Other income (expense): |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | (13,964 | ) |  | (12,295 | ) |  | (12,638 | )
Interest income |  | 3,499 |  |  | 2,934 |  |  | 1,640 |
Miscellaneous |  | 1,324 |  |  | 2,079 |  |  | (642 | )
Income before income taxes |  | $ | 106,295 |  |  | $ | 93,325 |  |  | $ | 84,983 |
Depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |
AMER |  | $ | 17,753 |  |  | $ | 16,452 |  |  | $ | 13,474 |
APAC |  | 18,176 |  |  | 20,587 |  |  | 23,560 |
EMEA |  | 8,339 |  |  | 7,509 |  |  | 4,644 |
Corporate |  | 4,110 |  |  | 2,713 |  |  | 5,732 |
|  | $ | 48,378 |  |  | $ | 47,261 |  |  | $ | 47,410 |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |
AMER |  | $ | 17,595 |  |  | $ | 53,135 |  |  | $ | 60,507 |
APAC |  | 9,590 |  |  | 4,096 |  |  | 12,345 |
EMEA |  | 6,976 |  |  | 6,351 |  |  | 30,836 |
Corporate |  | 915 |  |  | 1,702 |  |  | 4,434 |
|  | $ | 35,076 |  |  | $ | 65,284 |  |  | $ | 108,122 |
|  | October 3, 2015 |  | September 27, 2014 |  |
Total assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
AMER |  | $ | 573,437 |  |  | $ | 521,259 |  |  |
APAC |  | 1,011,622 |  |  | 881,426 |  |  |
EMEA |  | 128,306 |  |  | 135,841 |  |  |
Corporate and eliminations |  | (10,977 | ) |  | 70,500 |  |  |
|  | $ | 1,702,388 |  |  | $ | 1,609,026 |  |  |
The following information is provided in accordance with the required segment disclosures for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013. Net sales to unaffiliated customers were based on the Company’s location providing product or services (in thousands):
Net sales: |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
United States |  | $ | 1,303,106 |  |  | $ | 1,188,068 |  |  | $ | 1,004,153 |
Malaysia |  | 926,059 |  |  | 798,447 |  |  | 877,748 |
China |  | 359,846 |  |  | 334,056 |  |  | 268,551 |
Mexico |  | 85,911 |  |  | 50,157 |  |  | 58,605 |
United Kingdom |  | 70,335 |  |  | 72,443 |  |  | 81,657 |
Romania |  | 65,338 |  |  | 39,030 |  |  | 38,117 |
Germany |  | 4,619 |  |  | 4,420 |  |  | 2,792 |
Elimination of inter-segment sales |  | (160,924 | ) |  | (108,372 | ) |  | (103,592 | )
|  | $ | 2,654,290 |  |  | $ | 2,378,249 |  |  | $ | 2,228,031 |
Long-lived assets: |  | October 3, 2015 |  | September 27, 2014 |  |
United States |  | $ | 101,712 |  |  | $ | 116,900 |  |
Malaysia |  | 72,327 |  |  | 73,568 |  |
China |  | 24,236 |  |  | 29,909 |  |
Mexico |  | 39,002 |  |  | 33,671 |  |
United Kingdom |  | 11,506 |  |  | 14,211 |  |
Romania |  | 30,553 |  |  | 33,549 |  |
Germany |  | 405 |  |  | 507 |  |
Other Foreign |  | 4,689 |  |  | 5,280 |  |
Corporate |  | 32,921 |  |  | 27,331 |  |
|  | $ | 317,351 |  |  | $ | 334,926 |  |
As the Company operates flexible manufacturing facilities and processes designed to accommodate customers with multiple product lines and configurations, it is impracticable to report net sales for individual products or services or groups of similar products and services. Long-lived assets as of October 3, 2015 and September 27, 2014 exclude other long-term assets and deferred income tax assets, which totaled $40.3 million and $43.3 million, respectively. As a percentage of consolidated net sales, net sales attributable to customers representing 10.0 percent or more of consolidated net sales for fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
ARRIS Group, Inc. ("Arris") |  | 12.6% |  | 12.5% |  | *
General Electric Company ("GE") |  | 10.6% |  | 11.2% |  | *
Juniper Networks, Inc. (“Juniper”) |  | * |  | * |  | 12.8%
* Net sales attributable to the customer were less than 10.0 percent of consolidated net sales for the period.
During fiscal 2015 and 2014, net sales attributable to Arris were reported in the AMER and APAC segments, and net sales attributable to GE were reported in all three segments. Net sales attributable to Juniper, which has disengaged from Plexus, were reported in the AMER and APAC segments. No customer represented 10.0 percent or more of total accounts receivable as of October 3, 2015 or September 27, 2014.

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