Arrow on top of the world for Fairchild

Fairchild Semiconductor has named Arrow Electronics its Global Distributor of the Year for 2004.

Fairchild Semiconductor has named Arrow Electronics its Global Distributor of the Year for 2004.

This is the second consecutive year that Arrow has been recognised by Fairchild.

In 2003, Fairchild named Arrow Distributor of the Year in Southern Europe.

"Arrow continues to demonstrate outstanding commitment to Fairchild and we're delighted to recognise their superior performance with this award", said Mark Norman, Fairchild's Vice President, Worldwide Distribution.

"As a leader, Arrow understands the challenges for customers in every stage of the product's life cycle, and how to accelerate and simplify the process by working closely with their suppliers".

"Across the breadth of our joint markets, including automotive, telecommunications, information systems, industrial and consumer electronics, Arrow and Fairchild ensure that customers have immediate access to the right power solutions, design support, inventory management and competitive pricing".

"We look forward to continuing to expand this very long-standing and successful relationship with Arrow".

Fairchild's scorecard programme measures its distributor network on four strategic business elements: demand creation, business plan performance, operations management and franchise management.

In 2004, Arrow was awarded a superior ranking for demand creation in North America and Europe, and has since shown strong point of sale (POS) growth in Asia - a region where Fairchild has double the power semiconductor market share of its nearest competitor.

A key element of Fairchild's Global Distributor of the Year selection criteria is the demand creation programme.

This programme provides Fairchild's distributors with the training, tools and collateral required to win customer designs featuring Fairchild's new products, with particular emphasis on power applications.

Fairchild and Arrow recently announced that the companies have reduced the order management and quoting time by at least 50% through the implementation of RosettaNet standards.

"With 70 years of industry experience, Arrow understands customer demands and requirements to respond to changes in technology, product design and manufacturing", said Jan Salsgiver, Vice President Global Strategy and Operations, Arrow Electronics.

"The combined technical and commercial resources of Arrow and Fairchild provide customers with power products that are innovative, delivered on time and backed by design support and services".

"We're pleased to be chosen this year as Fairchild's Worldwide Distributor of the Year".

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