Segment Information | 12. Segment Information We operate in three reportable geographic operating segments: North America; EMEA; and APAC. Our offerings in North America and select countries in EMEA include hardware, software and services. Our offerings in the remainder of our EMEA segment and in APAC are largely software and select software-related services. Net sales by product or service type for North America, EMEA and APAC were as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands): North America EMEA APAC Three Months Ended June 30, Three Months Ended June 30, Three Months Ended June 30, Sales Mix 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 Hardware $ 587,563 $ 527,187 $ 121,410 $ 139,423 $ 3,651 $ 4,043 Software 326,192 310,838 250,055 297,014 59,356 74,915 Services 64,895 51,227 9,161 10,420 1,748 2,830 $ 978,650 $ 889,252 $ 380,626 $ 446,857 $ 64,755 $ 81,788 North America EMEA APAC Six Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, Sales Mix 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 Hardware $ 1,092,815 $ 1,015,597 $ 267,394 $ 291,277 $ 5,577 $ 5,634 Software 584,684 557,009 448,515 525,429 98,178 117,734 Services 123,860 97,328 19,559 18,094 3,128 4,325 $ 1,801,359 $ 1,669,934 $ 735,468 $ 834,800 $ 106,883 $ 127,693 All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated upon consolidation, and there are no differences between the accounting policies used to measure profit and loss for our segments and on a consolidated basis. Net sales are defined as net sales to external clients. None of our clients exceeded ten percent of consolidated net sales for the three or six months ended June 30, 2015 or 2014. A portion of our operating segments’ selling and administrative expenses arise from shared services and infrastructure that we have historically provided to them in order to realize economies of scale and to use resources efficiently. These expenses, collectively identified as corporate charges, include senior management expenses, internal audit, legal, tax, insurance services, treasury and other corporate infrastructure expenses. Charges are allocated to our operating segments, and the allocations have been determined on a basis that we considered to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of services provided to or benefits received by the operating segments. The tables below present information about our reportable operating segments as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands): Three Months Ended June 30, 2015 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 978,650 $ 380,626 $ 64,755 $ 1,424,031 Costs of goods sold 850,434 327,811 54,371 1,232,616 Gross profit 128,216 52,815 10,384 191,415 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 99,033 42,754 6,217 148,004 Severance and restructuring expenses (150 ) 522 — 372 Earnings from operations $ 29,333 $ 9,539 $ 4,167 $ 43,039 Total assets at period end $ 2,019,482 $ 602,410 $ 172,308 $ 2,794,200 * * Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $641,605,000. Three Months Ended June 30, 2014 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 889,252 $ 446,857 $ 81,788 $ 1,417,897 Costs of goods sold 764,214 390,771 68,313 1,223,298 Gross profit 125,038 56,086 13,475 194,599 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 94,558 46,030 7,222 147,810 Severance and restructuring expenses (14 ) 215 109 310 Earnings from operations $ 30,494 $ 9,841 $ 6,144 $ 46,479 Total assets at period end $ 1,687,341 $ 623,873 $ 194,982 $ 2,506,196 ** ** Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $529,621,000. The tables below present information about our reportable operating segments as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands): Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 1,801,359 $ 735,468 $ 106,883 $ 2,643,710 Costs of goods sold 1,561,627 637,842 91,013 2,290,482 Gross profit 239,732 97,626 15,870 353,228 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 191,435 85,511 11,854 288,800 Severance and restructuring expenses 255 840 — 1,095 Earnings from operations $ 48,042 $ 11,275 $ 4,016 $ 63,333 Total assets at period end $ 2,019,482 $ 602,410 $ 172,308 $ 2,794,200 * * Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $641,605,000. Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 1,669,934 $ 834,800 $ 127,693 $ 2,632,427 Costs of goods sold 1,437,483 729,393 107,207 2,274,083 Gross profit 232,451 105,407 20,486 358,344 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 183,739 93,135 13,365 290,239 Severance and restructuring expenses 63 475 109 647 Earnings from operations $ 48,649 $ 11,797 $ 7,012 $ 67,458 Total assets at period end $ 1,687,341 $ 623,873 $ 194,982 $ 2,506,196 ** ** Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $529,621,000. We recorded the following pre-tax amounts, by operating segment, for depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated financial statements (in thousands): Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 North America $ 7,547 $ 8,372 $ 15,188 $ 16,044 EMEA 1,682 2,153 3,367 4,330 APAC 230 230 446 407 Total $ 9,459 $ 10,755 $ 19,001 $ 20,781 |