The Company Avnet Found More Ways to Become More Efficient

In 1921, the company Avnet was founded
& John Beimfohr is the senior director of
integration. They’re 1 of the largest comp-
anies on Earth. Avnet creates & ships out
quality embedded systems, electronic co-
mponents, & enterprise computer & stora-
ge products.

In 1963, the board decided to branch out i-
nto Canada so the subsidiary Avnet Inter-
national was started. Five years ago, Avn-
et did open a large space in Chandler, Ari-
zona. They felt that it had to be done so t-
hey shut down a lot of their older Arizona f-
acilities.

Avnet grew rapidly, serviced  the company
IBM, & other establishments. In fiscal year
2013, they earned $25.5 billion dollars.The
building in Phoenix is the Global Solutions
Center (GSC), it was built with various wa-
ys to conserve energy, recycle & decrease
garbage.

Avnet is so able to produce &  transport go-
ods. Yes, the location is all-around efficient
and it is their pride and joy. The other ones
that were in that state were not up to par so
that is why the GSC was made. It’s a multit-
asking place for sure and it’s futuristic.

The Global Solutions Center is extremely
optimized & it’s 228,000 square feet. The
employees surely make and ship 700,000
units annually. The GSC is equipped with
great, hardware integration, software con-
figuration, systems maintenance, assem-
bly, packaging, & logistics.

They really needed extra space because
the associates create a lot of large syste-
ms. Avnet also had to be so ready to han-
dle constant demand for their products. T-
hey want to continue to make improveme-
nts.

Avnet hired 320 employees for that prope-
rty, they make changes for the better, & th-
ey are rewarded rightfully. Avnet’s receiving
department uses some of the shipping dep-
artment in the mornings. The shipping folks
use the receiving department in the late afte-
rnoons.

The GSC has the JDA warehouse manage-
ment system in place. They have the just-in-
time system (JIT) so they handle workloads.
They have Avnet’s refurbishment program s-
et up. It has held 120 tons of electronic was-
te from landfills.

Avnet keeps the Lead in Energy & Environm-
ental Design (LEED) standards in mind, even
though they didn’t go through their process to
get certified. The facility does meet the LEED
Silver standards regarding design & operatio-
ns.

The Global Center has the ISO 14001 certific-
ation though. The ceiling of the place has the
high-density insulation & high UV coating on
windows. The heat stays low in other words.
The lights go off where there is no one.

Their air conditioning system has been seri-
ously upgraded. Avnet recycles close to a t-
on of cardboard daily & a little over 99 perc-
ent of their byproducts. An employee discov-
ered a place that could use their foam in cla-
ssrooms.