Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

OPERATING SEGMENTS

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OPERATING SEGMENTS
3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2012
OPERATING SEGMENTS  
OPERATING SEGMENTS

NOTE 12.  OPERATING SEGMENTS

 

Operating segments under GAAP 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 decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.  Cummins chief operating decision-maker (CODM) is the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Our reportable operating segments consist of the following: Engine, Components, Power Generation and Distribution.  This reporting structure is organized according to the products and markets each segment serves and allows management to focus its efforts on providing enhanced service to a wide range of customers.  The Engine segment produces engines and parts for sale to customers in on-highway and various industrial markets.  Our engines are used in trucks of all sizes, buses and recreational vehicles, as well as in various industrial applications, including construction, mining, agriculture, marine, oil and gas, rail and military equipment.  The Components segment sells filtration products, exhaust aftertreatment systems, turbochargers and fuel systems.  The Power Generation segment is an integrated provider of power systems.  The segment sells engines, generator sets, alternators, power systems and services.  The Distribution segment includes wholly-owned and partially-owned distributorships engaged in wholesaling engines, generator sets and service parts, as well as performing service and repair activities on our products and maintaining relationships with various OEMs throughout the world.

 

We use segment EBIT (defined as earnings before interest expense, taxes and noncontrolling interests) as a primary basis for the CODM to evaluate the performance of each of our operating segments.  Segment amounts exclude certain expenses not specifically identifiable to segments.

 

The accounting policies of our operating segments are the same as those applied in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  We prepared the financial results of our operating segments on a basis that is consistent with the manner in which we internally disaggregate financial information to assist in making internal operating decisions.  We have allocated certain common costs and expenses, primarily corporate functions, among segments differently than we would for stand-alone financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.  These include certain costs and expenses of shared services, such as information technology, human resources, legal and finance.  We also do not allocate debt-related items, actuarial gains or losses, prior services costs or credits, changes in cash surrender value of corporate owned life insurance or income taxes to individual segments.  Segment EBIT may not be consistent with measures used by other companies.

 

Summarized financial information regarding our reportable operating segments for the three month periods is shown in the table below:

 

In millions

 

Engine

 

Components

 

Power
Generation

 

Distribution

 

Non-segment
Items(1)

 

Total

 

Three months ended April 1, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External sales

 

$

2,412

 

$

774

 

$

516

 

$

770

 

$

 

$

4,472

 

Intersegment sales

 

447

 

325

 

264

 

5

 

(1,041

)

 

Total sales

 

2,859

 

1,099

 

780

 

775

 

(1,041

)

4,472

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

47

 

19

 

11

 

7

 

 

84

 

Research, development and engineering expenses

 

111

 

51

 

18

 

1

 

 

181

 

Equity, royalty and interest income from investees

 

38

 

8

 

10

 

48

 

 

104

 

Interest income

 

4

 

1

 

2

 

1

 

 

8

 

Segment EBIT

 

381

 

143

 

76

 

94

 

(36

)

658

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 27, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External sales

 

$

2,006

 

$

660

 

$

557

 

$

637

 

$

 

$

3,860

 

Intersegment sales

 

385

 

264

 

238

 

5

 

(892

)

 

Total sales

 

2,391

 

924

 

795

 

642

 

(892

)

3,860

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

45

 

18

 

10

 

6

 

 

79

 

Research, development and engineering expenses

 

80

 

37

 

11

 

1

 

 

129

 

Equity, royalty and interest income from investees

 

42

 

8

 

8

 

38

 

 

96

 

Interest income

 

3

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

6

 

Segment EBIT

 

290

 

105

 

89

 

89

 

(41

)

532

 

 

 

(1) Includes intersegment sales and profit in inventory eliminations and unallocated corporate expenses.  There were no significant unallocated corporate expenses for the three months ended April 1, 2012, and March 27, 2011.

(2) Depreciation and amortization as shown on a segment basis excludes the amortization of debt discount that is included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income as “Interest expense.”

 

A reconciliation of our segment information to the corresponding amounts in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income is shown in the table below:

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

In millions

 

April 1, 2012

 

March 27, 2011

 

Segment EBIT

 

$

658

 

$

532

 

Less

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

8

 

10

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

650

 

$

522