CircuitByte announces support for Avnet Europe
Establishing a connection between customer and component supplier, Avnet and CircuitByte have announced DistiDirect API Connection, which is available for customers of all Avnet’s European companies, including Avnet Abacus, EBV Elektronik and Avnet Silica.
The DistiDirect support for Avnet’s European companies in the latest release of its popular BOM Connector price calculation and purchasing tool.
CircuitByte’s BOM Connector lets users increase the efficiency of their part sourcing and purchasing process by better digitalising price inquiries. A particular feature of the service is the direct real time connection between customer and component supplier, which is claimed to drastically decrease the time and effort required to check pricing and availability of a wide range of components. It uses application programming interface (API) technology to quickly show pricing, stock levels, packaging options and lead times for all parts in one of more bill of materials (BoMs). Following the announcement, this functionality is available for customers of Avnet Abacus, EBV Elektronik and Avnet Silica.
According to Kevin Decker-Weiss, sales director of CircuitByte: “Our Avnet API connection is the result of a close and highly successful technical co-operation between our development teams. Working together, they have created a very fast, highly reliable connection that provides all the information customers need. In addition to price and availability, the system will provide ECCN and obsolescence information and even a RoHS status. The fact that we were able to connect all the Avnet European companies at once represents a major increase in functionality for DistiDirect in our new 8.16 release and will be highly appreciated by our BOM Connector user base. We are very excited about our relationship with a top company like Avnet and look forward to adding new features to meet customer demand.”
Brian Wilken, vice president of Digital at Avnet EMEA, commented: “API has been on our roadmap for a while, and we offered to some selected customers a standard-API, based on our e-commerce platform. Now, with CircuitByte and BOM Connector, we entered a new phase of connecting to customers automatically through a proven platform. We are pleased that CircuitByte sees us as a real differentiator on information breadth and quality. We look forward to working with them on the next phase.”
The pricing and delivery information provided through the DistiDirect connection to Avnet are then used by the configurable BestPrice function which quickly shows the optimum purchasing/packaging scenario taking account factors specific to the project such as delivery dates, production levels and surplus purchasing. The results are stored into a powerful SQL back end database and can be reused for similar projects. This feature also contributes to reducing the times for quoting, adds Avnet.
As a manufacturing execution systems (MES) integrator, CircuitByte uses the Valor line of manufacturing tools from Siemens to build a holistic solution which generates the data needed to sustain an industry 4.0 strategy throughout the process.
CircuitByte helps customers improve electronic manufacturing processes. It is a German distributor for the Valor software tools from Siemens Digital Industries Software, and has a wealth of experience in the field of electronics manufacturing. The team of software developers and application engineers assists customers with on-site integration, custom tools, technical support and training.
Avnet has an extensive ecosystem which delivers design, product, marketing and supply chain expertise for customers at every stage of the product lifecycle, reducing the time, cost and complexities of bringing products to market.
Avnet in EMEA offers electronic components such as semiconductors, interconnect, passive, electromechanical from leading manufacturers, supported by an exceptional technical, logistic and supply chain service. The company provides a focused customer and supplier strategy by addressing each market segment with a dedicated business unit like Avnet Abacus, EBV Elektronik, Avnet Silica and Avnet Integrated Solutions.
