Avnet IMS Introduces New ``Liaison'' Service ``Liaison'' Enables Customers to Duplicate IMS Services Worldwide.PHOENIX, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999-- Global supply chain management specialist Avnet Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) is a technology B2B distributor headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The company states on their website that:
(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. ) today introduced "Liaison," a new service that provides a reliable, seamless method of duplicating Avnet IMS material management solutions at multiple customer sites worldwide. Developed in response to customer requests, Liaison is a step-by-step implementation process that helps customers transition an existing Avnet IMS 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, solution from a customer's site in one global region to another. 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. customers, having IMS solutions with the same look and feel at multiple global sites -- with only the necessary local adaptations made -- is an important business requirement. "The new Liaison process ultimately leads to shortened short·en v. short·ened, short·en·ing, short·ens v.tr. 1. To make short or shorter. 2. online cycle times, lowered implementation costs and faster realization of value-based objectives, all of which directly tie in to a competitive advantage for our customers," said Greg Frazier, executive vice president of Avnet IMS. Drawing from IMS's successful Safe Passage and Integrated Tool Set implementation programs, Liaison adds intercontinental in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal adj. 1. Extending or taking place between or among continents: intercontinental exploration; intercontinental cooperation. 2. coordination elements. Liaison is supported by Avnet personnel with international experience, who have knowledge of, and appreciation for, regional business needs, according to Frazier. For more information on Liaison, please call 888/999-2467, or visit the Avnet IMS Web site at www.ims.avnet.com. Current IMS customers may call their local IMS Business Development Manager. Avnet IMS is a business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing. Avnet Electronics Marketing markets, inventories and adds value to the products of the most prestigious electronic components and equipment manufacturers in the world. For customers of Avnet Electronics Marketing, Avnet IMS provides supply chain management services, including material forecasting, materials management, pin-point logistics and supply-chain synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. . Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 500 company with annual sales exceeding $5.9 billion. 1998 Safe Passage and Integrated Tool Set are trademarks of Avnet IMS. |
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