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Avnet Vision Statement
Avnet will provide the highest value relationship to our customers, suppliers, employees and shareholders, globally.
Avnet Mission Statement
To significantly grow profit and market share by promoting and delivering technical and commercial solutions to all users of electronic components via highly skilled and motivated employees.
Avnet SEI Profile
Avnet SEI, a leading Electronic Components Distribution Group
was established in 1976 by the Sonepar Group. Prior to its acquisition by Avnet Inc., Avnet SEI was one of the largest European controlled distribution organisations for electronic components such as semiconductors, passive-, interconnect- and electromechanical components.
Avnet SEI, an industry leading distributor with annual sales in Europe of approximately $550 million, is now part of Avnet's electronic components distribution business, Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The Avnet SEI acquisition boosts Avnet's presence in Europe. The acquisition will assure Avnet a near-total coverage of the European DTAM (Distributor Total Available Market).
Avnet, Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona, a Fortune 300 company with annual sales exceeding $6.4 billion, ($9.0 billion proforma, including recent acquisitions) is one of the world's largest distributors of semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components and computer products from the industry's leading manufacturers. Serving customers in 64 countries, Avnet markets, inventories and adds value to these products and provides world-class supply-chain integration, engineering design and technical services. The company's Web site is located at www.avnet.com.
Extensive Market Coverage
Today, Avnet SEI offers market presence in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Ukraine .
Integrated Supply Chain Management Services
As part of its supply chain management services, Avnet SEI offers EWARS (Early Warning Autoreplenishment System).
EWARS is an electronic logistics programme that manages material flow in the supply chain by planning resources and integrating forecast and product availability information .
The forecast information from a customer's MRP system triggers backlog management tools at suppliers and generates or modifies orders accordingly .
Avnet SEI obtains priority from suppliers on deliveries typically 6 months ahead of a customer's requested delivery time. This enables suppliers to plan their production more efficiently, thus reducing the risk of product shortage and delay in delivery at the customer level priligy.
Through improved planning and simplification of ordering, order handling and distribution processes, transaction cost is significantly reduced avodart online.
In addition, EWARS manages the safety buffer inventory to ensure the right degree of production flexibility.
The EWARS programme serves customer specific delivery requirements and supports all industry logistic standards, such as Kanban, Demand Pull, Consignment, Call Off and Automatic Ordering.
Powerful International IT platforms
Avnet SEI's business processes are supported by a single software and hardware IT system, used by all Avnet SEI entities across Europe. This unique system, called RamBase, is an advanced document oriented IT system, capable of handling transactions at lightning speed both locally and internationally. This system is the key backbone for Avnet SEI's fully integrated Internet-, Extranet-, and Intranet applications. It also offers a very enhanced search capability.
'Avnet SEI on the Internet' (www.sei-europe.com) offers engineers and purchasers new product announcements, Avnet SEI corporate and business unit information, on-line product information from world class manufacturers, multi-media NetSeminars™, and the possibility to place orders electronically. To allow our business partners and staff an easy and fast access to all sorts of business data, such as sales statistics, projects, business rules, directories and manuals, Avnet SEI utilises Intranet and Extranet technology as an integral part of it's IT platform.
OrderAgent is an advanced Internet-based ordering tool which directly interfaces to the Avnet SEI RamBase. OrderAgent allows targeted customers to order in a secure environment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from any place.
OrderAgent features on-line, real-time connection to our content rich database through the Internet. Searching is possible by part number, manufacturer or keywords: view prices, product alternatives, delivery information, stock, backlog, tracking and tracing.
State-of-the-art Logistics
Avnet SEI's logistics facilities in Europe use state-of-the-art techniques, such as electronic picking, barcode scanning technology and warehouse management systems, allowing paperless, highly accurate and highly productive handling of orders.
The single IT system allows all free product inventory across Europe to be visible and available to every Avnet SEI customer. Customers' orders can be supplied from any warehouse in Europe, either to the local warehouse for consolidation with other goods or drop-shipped directly to the customer. This process provides a 24 hour delivery service throughout Europe.
Technical Support
In each country Avnet SEI has highly trained application engineers, product specialists and development tools available to provide customers with the best technical and economic solution. We also provide technical information 24hours a day and 7 days a week from our website www.sei-europe.com.
Using SmartLinks to the websites of our suppliers, customers are able to order samples and ask quotations online.
Web based Catalogue Updates are also available for registered customers. This provides selective technical information.
International Purchasing Power
To continue to reduce costs in the supply chain process from suppliers through to customers, Avnet SEI has consolidated its purchasing of commodity and other price sensitive products in its central logistics centre, based in Limburg, Germany.
Product Family Groups based across Europe, negotiate pricing on an on-going basis with our suppliers against the total Avnet SEI Europe purchase volumes. This close working relationship between our marketing teams ensures that the latest market pricing is always immediately available to our customers through all Avnet SEI sales companies.
Quality Excellence
Certification to ISO-9000 of all our sales & marketing and logistic centres in Europe clearly demonstrates our ability to consistently document our working procedures. This allows us, and our suppliers and customers, to systematically audit performance and procedures. With our internal Total Quality Management System, we experience a significant benefit, as our motivated employees are trained to ensure and maintain a high quality level of work to provide continuous customer satisfaction and continuous business improvements. This key European programme is strongly contributing to productivity and efficiency of the supply chain we are part of.
Avnet SEI has implemented an ongoing internal benchmarking programme, which aims to deploy Best Practices for all business processes across the organisation. As a result, the whole Avnet SEI organisation is adding value with a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and mutual satisfaction.
Further
inquiries should be directed to:
Avnet SEI Corporate Communications
P.O. Box 6824
NL-4802 HV Breda
The Netherlands
tel. +31-76-5722400
fax +31-76-5877743
email comm@sei.nl
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