Segment Information | 9. 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 IT 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 (in thousands): North America EMEA APAC Three Months Ended March 31, Three Months Ended March 31, Three Months Ended March 31, Sales Mix 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 Hardware $ 518,021 $ 505,252 $ 120,047 $ 145,984 $ 3,663 $ 1,926 Software 243,368 258,492 174,048 198,460 33,531 38,822 Services 65,499 58,965 9,265 10,398 1,540 1,380 $ 826,888 $ 822,709 $ 303,360 $ 354,842 $ 38,734 $ 42,128 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 or 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 months ended March 31, 2016 or 2015. 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 following tables present our results of operations by reportable operating segment for the periods indicated (in thousands): Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 826,888 $ 303,360 $ 38,734 $ 1,168,982 Costs of goods sold 715,145 259,934 32,795 1,007,874 Gross profit 111,743 43,426 5,939 161,108 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 100,041 40,679 5,399 146,119 Severance and restructuring expenses 1,217 24 115 1,356 Earnings from operations $ 10,485 $ 2,723 $ 425 $ 13,633 Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 North America EMEA APAC Consolidated Net sales $ 822,709 $ 354,842 $ 42,128 $ 1,219,679 Costs of goods sold 711,193 310,031 36,642 1,057,866 Gross profit 111,516 44,811 5,486 161,813 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative expenses 92,402 42,757 5,637 140,796 Severance and restructuring expenses 405 318 — 723 Earnings (loss) from operations $ 18,709 $ 1,736 $ (151 ) $ 20,294 The following is a summary of our total assets by reportable operating segment (in thousands): March 31, December 31, 2015 North America $ 1,808,435 $ 1,999,485 EMEA 453,292 543,146 APAC 104,367 114,973 Corporate assets and intercompany eliminations, net (616,927 ) (643,587 ) Total assets $ 1,749,167 $ 2,014,017 We recorded the following pre-tax amounts, by reportable operating segment, for depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated financial statements (in thousands): Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 2015 North America $ 8,062 $ 7,641 EMEA 1,902 1,685 APAC 216 216 Total $ 10,180 $ 9,542 |