IBM Certifies Avnet Computer Marketing for Authorized Assembler Program.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002 Avnet Computer Marketing Receives Achievement Award Recognizing Fifth Consecutive Year of Certification Avnet Computer Marketing Thursday announced that it has been certified by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) as part of IBM's Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Assembler Software that translates assembly language into machine language. Contrast with compiler, which is used to translate a high-level language, such as COBOL or C, into assembly language first and then into machine language. Program (AAP AAP - Association of American Publishers ) for the fifth consecutive year. The AAP certification allows Avnet Computer Marketing to provide customers of its two divisions -- Avnet Hall-Mark, a value-added distributor, and Avnet Enterprise Solutions, an IT infrastructure architect serving Fortune 1000 companies -- with custom assembly and configuration services. The AAP applies to a select group of IBM Business Partners approved to configure IBM systems and servers 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. customer specifications. IBM supplies partially assembled servers and components to its AAP participants, who in turn perform configuration and final assembly services prior to delivery. The certification allows Avnet Computer Marketing to configure, integrate, load software and test solutions before shipment to the customer. This process enables Avnet Computer Marketing to reduce order cycle time and improve availability of custom-configured product. "With the IBM AAP, we can offer customers the flexibility they need for custom solutions," said Larry Ernst, vice president of Integration, Avnet Computer Marketing. "In today's world, customers have very specific needs which may include their own proprietary software, but they have to move very fast. The AAP allows us to build a system to the customers' specifications and reduce the order cycle time at the same time." Coupled with OSCaR, Avnet Computer Marketing's online customization request system, AAP has been shown to significantly reduce order cycle time for custom-configured products, according to Ernst. For example, Misys Healthcare Systems in Tucson, Ariz., reduced cycle time by more than 70 percent. Misys' requirements included customizing hardware and software on multiple IBM pSeries servers that needed to ship directly to end users. "Thanks to Avnet's Integrated Solution Center and the OSCaR process, we saved a significant amount in costs and reduced our total cycle time from 32 days to just eight," said George Buchanan George Buchanan, BA, MA (February, 1506 - September 28, 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. He was part of the Monarchomach movement. Biography His father, a younger son of an old family, owned the farm of Moss, in the parish of Killearn, Stirling, but he , director of purchasing, Misys Healthcare Systems. To become AAP certified, Avnet Computer Marketing had to pass an IBM quality audit that reviewed the company's work processes, training, product knowledge, and quality control procedures. Avnet Computer Marketing passed the audit with zero findings from IBM. About Avnet Computer Marketing Tempe-based Avnet Computer Marketing, with fiscal 2001 sales of $2.85 billion, markets mid-range to high-end products from the world's premier computer manufacturers and software suppliers. Customers include value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VARs) and enterprise customers. Avnet Computer Marketing provides marketing support, pricing strategies There are many ways in which the price of a product can be determined. The following are the foremost strategies that businesses are likely to use. Competition-based pricing Setting the price based upon prices of the similar competitor products. and supplier relationship management for its two divisions, Avnet Hall-Mark, a value-added distributor serving the reseller channel, and Avnet Enterprise Solutions, an IT infrastructure architect serving Fortune 1000 companies. Avnet Computer Marketing is an operating group of Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), a Phoenix-based Fortune 500 company. Avnet is a technology marketing and services provider and the world's largest distributor of electronic components and computer products from industry leading manufacturers. Global sales for fiscal 2001 were $12.8 billion (year ended June 30, 2001). |
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