Avnet Electronics Marketing /Americas Salutes its Warehouse Personnel During National Customer Service Week.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 National Customer Service Week begins today and as they have for the last seven years, Avnet Electronics Marketing (EM) warehouse employees in Chandler Chandler, city (1990 pop. 90,533), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., in the Salt River valley; inc. 1920. It is both a residential community and a center for research and technology. Tourism is also important, and the San Marcos Golf Resort is in Chandler. , Ariz.; Grapevine, Texas Grapevine is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census the city population was 42,059, though the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate puts the city's population at 48,583. ; Oxford, N.C.; Peabody, Mass.; and Tempe, Ariz., will celebrate customer service with theme days, games and raffles Raffles leading Victorian criminal-hero. [Br. Lit.: Herman, 19–20] See : Thievery . At the company's 404,000 sq. ft megawarehouse in Chandler, outstanding employees will also receive special recognition, awards and certificates for excellence in customer service. In Oxford, there will be special drawings for a team cookout and movie passes, and raffle gifts. The Tempe raffle will include a TV, reserved parking spaces and a day off with pay. "I'd like to take the occasion of National Customer Service Week to recognize all of the warehouse employees for the absolutely critical job they do in delivering best-in-class service to our internal and external customers every day," said Steve Church, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing /Americas. This year, the theme for National Customer Service Week is "All In A Day's Work (Naut.) the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. See also: Day ." Avnet EM/Americas warehouse employees and technicians accomplish the following tasks every day, 52 weeks a year: -- Ship 23,230 line items -- Program 239,498 devices -- Process 6,200 new receipts -- Create 650 new commercial invoices -- Complete 67,760 breakaway headers -- Build 21,306 cable assemblies -- Complete 56,681 connector assemblies "Not only do these individuals achieve this all in a day's work, they also maintain almost $1 billion worth of corporate inventory. What's more, they work many Saturdays and weekends performing physical inventory to minimize disruption to our day-to-day business," Church added. "Needless to say, we wouldn't be in business without these very important people who perform the quality warehouse operations that are key to the electronics industry supply chain. The job they do is essential to our success." Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), and is one of the world's largest distributors of semiconductors, interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. , passive and electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). components from leading manufacturers. Serving customers in 60 countries, Avnet markets, inventories and adds value to these products and provides world-class supply-chain management and engineering design services. A Fortune 500 company, Avnet reported sales of $9.1 billion for FY `00 (year ended June 30, 2000). The company's web site is located at www.avnet.com |
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