Programming
Perfect Programming
Last year, Avnet programmedmore than 330,000,000 electronic components. The result: reduced time tomarket and increased supply chain flexibility for customers around the globe
During its 2012 fiscal year, the Avnet Logistics Programming Operations teamreached a significantmilestone. It processedmore than 330,000,000 electronic components, thereby furthering its aimto be a technology distribution leader in programming services. These services encompass complete device programming, testing and device security, provided through its ten programming facilities in Arizona, Brazil, California, Germany, Hong Kong,Mexico, New Hampshire, Shanghai and Singapore.
Chief global logistics and
operations officer, Avnet, Gerry Fay, explained: “Avnet’s leadership in programming services gives customers a competitive edge by accelerating their time tomarket and enabling global supply chain flexibility. Complete logistics and supply chain services are available in every region of the world, helping customers bettermanage the challenges of global design and production migration. By working with our experienced and trusted teamof technicians, customers can programdevices closer to their manufacturing facilities with the assurance that their components are in secure hands.”
taking control
Avnet was able to reach this programming servicesmilestone in part due to the recent implementation of a global shop floor control system. This provides customers and sales teams with visibility into each stage of the production process, as well as offering quality control information and order shipment details. Customers can seamlessly transfer their device programming to any of Avnet’s programming centers worldwide, helping themto keep pace with fluctuations in their forecasts. Avnet’s global shop floor control systemalso decreased the time needed to identify field quality issues fromweeks to days, providing customers with a granular audit trail, down to the person andmachine, for each device programmed.
14 | January/February 2013 Utilising these programmingmanagement
services, enables customers to turn programmable components into customized devices for specific applications in industries such as automotive,medical, telecommunications and consumer technology. The services are designed to support both small prototype runs and large volume production levels.
maintaining security
Chief global logistics and operations officer, Avnet,Gerry Fay
Furthermore, Avnet provides customerswith security solutions for their programmable devices to reduce the risks of reverse engineering, counterfeiting and copyright infringements. Avnet provides a full range of serialization and security services to assure customers that their information is not compromised. These include programmingmedia access control addresses, radio frequency identification tags, high-bandwidth digital content protection keys and license keys into integrated circuits. Thus, Avnet reduces customers’ risks by assuring no duplication of data, full traceability, secure data storage and full reporting services.
Senior vice president of global
Avnet's granular audit trail can be traced down to the person andmachine for each device programmed
programming operations, Avnet Logistics, Doug Adams: said: “From extensive industrial applications to
low-cost commercial devices, Avnet services the programming needs of the global electronics industry, so our quality systems meet the unique needs and certifications of each of these industries. Using state-of-the-art automated equipment combined with the latest innovations for processing programmable technologies, Avnet programs highly complex chips with security features built into them.We also have exclusive access to the security algorithms needed to prevent fraud and counterfeiting, providing our customers with an added benefit.”
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