Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

OPERATING SEGMENTS

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OPERATING SEGMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
OPERATING SEGMENTS  
OPERATING SEGMENTS

NOTE 15.  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 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, income 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 and nine month periods is shown in the table below:

 

In millions

 

Engine

 

Components

 

Power
Generation

 

Distribution

 

Non-segment
Items(1)

 

Total

 

Three months ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External sales

 

$

2,131

 

$

663

 

$

526

 

$

798

 

$

 

$

4,118

 

Intersegment sales

 

396

 

275

 

288

 

3

 

(962

)

 

Total sales

 

2,527

 

938

 

814

 

801

 

(962

)

4,118

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

48

 

21

 

12

 

8

 

 

89

 

Research, development and engineering expenses

 

115

 

51

 

19

 

1

 

 

186

 

Equity, royalty and interest income from investees

 

25

 

7

 

12

 

50

 

 

94

 

Interest income

 

2

 

1

 

2

 

 

 

5

 

Segment EBIT

 

239

 

89

 

73

 

99

 

(4

)

496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended September 25, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External sales

 

$

2,539

 

$

704

 

$

604

 

$

779

 

$

 

$

4,626

 

Intersegment sales

 

416

 

311

 

270

 

4

 

(1,001

)

 

Total sales

 

2,955

 

1,015

 

874

 

783

 

(1,001

)

4,626

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

46

 

19

 

11

 

6

 

 

82

 

Research, development and engineering expenses

 

103

 

46

 

14

 

1

 

 

164

 

Equity, royalty and interest income from investees

 

35

 

7

 

16

 

44

 

 

102

 

Interest income

 

5

 

1

 

2

 

1

 

 

9

 

Segment EBIT

 

349

 

113

 

92

 

104

 

(18

)

640

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External sales

 

$

6,924

 

$

2,147

 

$

1,614

 

$

2,357

 

$

 

$

13,042

 

Intersegment sales

 

1,303

 

926

 

889

 

13

 

(3,131

)

 

Total sales

 

8,227

 

3,073

 

2,503

 

2,370

 

(3,131

)

13,042

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

142

 

59

 

34

 

23

 

 

258

 

Research, development and engineering expenses

 

341

 

153

 

56

 

4

 

 

554

 

Equity, royalty and interest income from investees

 

100

 

23

 

32

 

147

 

 

302

 

Interest income

 

9

 

3

 

7

 

1

 

 

20

 

Segment EBIT

 

996

 

348

 

243

 

285

 

(49

)

1,823

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 25, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External sales

 

$

7,021

 

$

2,105

 

$

1,810

 

$

2,191

 

$

 

$

13,127

 

Intersegment sales

 

1,225

 

866

 

768

 

19

 

(2,878

)

 

Total sales

 

8,246

 

2,971

 

2,578

 

2,210

 

(2,878

)

13,127

 

Depreciation and amortization(2)

 

135

 

55

 

32

 

17

 

 

239

 

Research, development and engineering expenses

 

285

 

126

 

37

 

2

 

 

450

 

Equity, royalty and interest income from investees

 

126

 

24

 

37

 

128

 

 

315

 

Interest income

 

14

 

3

 

6

 

2

 

 

25

 

Segment EBIT

 

1,016

 

338

 

286

 

299

 

8

 

1,947

 

 

 

(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 September 30, 2012 and September 25, 2011. The nine months ended September 30, 2012, include a $6 million gain ($4 million after-tax) related to adjustments from our 2011 divestitures. The nine months ended September 25, 2011, include a $68 million gain ($37 million after-tax) related to the sale of certain assets and liabilities of our exhaust business from the Components segment. The gains have been excluded from segment results as they were not considered in our evaluation of operating results for the corresponding periods. There were no other significant unallocated corporate expenses.

(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

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 25,

 

September 30,

 

September 25,

 

In millions

 

2012

 

2011

 

2012

 

2011

 

Segment EBIT

 

$

496

 

$

640

 

$

1,823

 

$

1,947

 

Less: Interest expense

 

9

 

11

 

25

 

34

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

487

 

$

629

 

$

1,798

 

$

1,913