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 nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands): North America EMEA APAC Three Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30, Sales Mix 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 Hardware $ 641,245 $ 563,483 $ 134,690 $ 141,149 $ 3,502 $ 3,150 Software 312,989 272,789 150,109 163,748 21,315 28,079 Services 68,198 55,073 8,836 8,747 1,311 1,450 $ 1,022,432 $ 891,345 $ 293,635 $ 313,644 $ 26,128 $ 32,679 North America EMEA APAC Nine Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, Sales Mix 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 Hardware $ 1,734,060 $ 1,579,080 $ 402,084 $ 432,426 $ 9,079 $ 8,784 Software 897,673 829,798 598,624 689,177 119,493 145,813 Services 192,058 152,401 28,395 26,841 4,439 5,775 $ 2,823,791 $ 2,561,279 $ 1,029,103 $ 1,148,444 $ 133,011 $ 160,372 All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated upon consolidation, and there are no material 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 nine months ended September 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 September 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands): Three Months Ended September 30, 2015 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 1,022,432 $ 293,635 $ 26,128 $ 1,342,195 Costs of goods sold 886,434 252,686 20,824 1,159,944 Gross profit 135,998 40,949 5,304 182,251 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 103,793 39,721 5,282 148,796 Severance and restructuring expenses 618 199 — 817 Earnings from operations $ 31,587 $ 1,029 $ 22 $ 32,638 Total assets at period end $ 1,865,465 $ 423,678 $ 88,670 $ 2,377,813 * * Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $661,217,000. Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 891,345 $ 313,644 $ 32,679 $ 1,237,668 Costs of goods sold 771,131 268,749 25,968 1,065,848 Gross profit 120,214 44,895 6,711 171,820 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 94,382 42,684 6,068 143,134 Severance and restructuring expenses 102 209 (3 ) 308 Earnings from operations $ 25,730 $ 2,002 $ 646 $ 28,378 Total assets at period end $ 1,669,020 $ 427,663 $ 86,995 $ 2,183,678 ** ** Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $528,070,000. The tables below present information about our reportable operating segments as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands): Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 2,823,791 $ 1,029,103 $ 133,011 $ 3,985,905 Costs of goods sold 2,448,061 890,528 111,837 3,450,426 Gross profit 375,730 138,575 21,174 535,479 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 295,228 125,232 17,136 437,596 Severance and restructuring expenses 873 1,039 — 1,912 Earnings from operations $ 79,629 $ 12,304 $ 4,038 $ 95,971 Total assets at period end $ 1,865,465 $ 423,678 $ 88,670 $ 2,377,813 * * Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $661,217,000. Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 2,561,279 $ 1,148,444 $ 160,372 $ 3,870,095 Costs of goods sold 2,208,614 998,142 133,175 3,339,931 Gross profit 352,665 150,302 27,197 530,164 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 278,121 135,819 19,433 433,373 Severance and restructuring expenses 165 684 106 955 Earnings from operations $ 74,379 $ 13,799 $ 7,658 $ 95,836 Total assets at period end $ 1,669,020 $ 427,663 $ 86,995 $ 2,183,678 ** ** Consolidated total assets do not reflect the net effect of corporate assets and intercompany eliminations of $528,070,000. 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 September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 North America $ 7,555 $ 7,561 $ 22,743 $ 23,605 EMEA 1,651 2,063 5,018 6,393 APAC 219 243 665 650 Total $ 9,425 $ 9,867 $ 28,426 $ 30,648 |