Avnet Electronics Marketing Names VP, Global Materials and Supply Chain Management.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003 Avnet Electronics Marketing announced that Peter Walker has assumed the newly formed position of vice president, materials and supply chain management, worldwide. He will report to Andy Bryant, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing. Walker will assume the responsibility for Avnet Electronics Marketing's global inventory strategy. Specifically, he will head the development of new inventory models, including a major initiative to further Avnet Electronics Marketing's position on market-driven pricing. This, and other asset-related programs and procedural disciplines, will be developed with a major focus on increasing responsiveness and value to Avnet Electronics Marketing's suppliers and customers. In announcing the new position, Bryant explained, "As a distributor, asset velocity and best-in-class management of our product portfolio is at the very heart of our business, and today's market is demanding that we have greater depth in this area than ever. Recruiting an executive that will assist an already proven materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, team within Avnet Electronics Marketing will help take us to the next level in this critical area of operation. Peter brings extensive experience to this position, particularly in the area of market-driven pricing. His strong materials management background, on both the electronic components manufacturer (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) and electronics distribution sides of the supply chain, will be a tremendous asset to us globally." Prior to joining Avnet, Walker worked for Lattice Semiconductor Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) is a United States based manufacturer of high-performance programmable logic devices (FPGAs, CPLDs, & SPLDs). The Oregon based company is the number four ranked company in world market share for FPGA devices,[1] as regional manager in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern where he was responsible for local distribution support, contract manufacturing programs and key customer relationships. Prior to Lattice, he held the position of director of marketing for Pioneer Standard Electronics, with responsibility for semiconductor marketing in the Industrial Electronics Division. Walker began his career in 1985 with Future Electronics in Montreal, Canada. In his 12 years with Future, he held the position of corporate marketing manager for capacitor capacitor or condenser, device for the storage of electric charge. Simple capacitors consist of two plates made of an electrically conducting material (e.g., a metal) and separated by a nonconducting material or dielectric (e.g. sales and discrete semiconductors, including responsibility for growing market-driven pricing programs. He then transferred to San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. in 1990 and assisted Future in its emergence on the West Coast. About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing, serving customers in 63 countries, is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), ranked 168 in the Fortune 500, and one of the world's largest technology marketing and services companies. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs), electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers, and electronic component manufacturers (ECMs) throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Brazil, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, through focused business units, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated services. Its Web site is located at www.avnet.com/. |
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