Avnet Electronics Marketing Promotes Two Executives to Align with Corporate Strategy.PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1999-- Two Avnet Electronics Marketing executives have been promoted to support the company's brand strategy, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Steve Church, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing/Americas. Harley Feldberg has been named president/director of the Product Business Groups and Greg Frazier has been named president of Avnet Integrated Material Services (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ), the company's supply-chain management organization, Church announced. Feldberg, a 17-year Avnet veteran, was previously the president of the Interconnect, Passive & 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). Product Business Group (IP&E PBG PBG abbr. porphobilinogen ), reporting to Church. Now, the company's four PBGs -- IP&E, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Systems, RF/Microwave and Semiconductors will report to Feldberg. "The PBGs represent our core business of distributing components 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. . Harley Feldberg has demonstrated the leadership that will drive the value propositions associated with this focused area," Church said. Frazier, with Avnet for 21 years, was previously the executive vice president of Avnet IMS. With a compound annual growth rate of 41.6 percent and sales in excess of $1 billion, this business unit is charged with managing supply-chain functions for customers of Avnet Electronics Marketing worldwide. Its charter is to provide best practices in materials forecasting and flexibility, materials management and flow, in-plant stores, supply-chain synchronization and engagements with contract electronics manufacturers for customers who choose to outsource manufacturing as well as materials management. Frazier continues to report to Church. "The success of Avnet IMS is largely attributable to Greg Frazier's pioneering efforts in value-added services, his faith in the future of information technology and his vision for Avnet as the supplier of choice for our customers' materials management requirements," Church said. Frazier was named among Electronic Buyers' News' "Hot 25 Executives in the Electronics Industry" for 1998. Feldberg and Frazier are also corporate vice presidents and officers of parent company, Avnet, Inc. Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. :NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange ), a $5.9 billion Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing markets, inventories and adds value to semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical products, RF/microwave components and OEM systems for industrial and military equipment customers worldwide. For more information, visit the Avnet Electronics Marketing home page at www.em.avnet.com |
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