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Putting employees first.
Warehousing Management, December, 2000 by McCrea, Bridget
From award programs to monetary rewards and promotions, electronics distributor Avnet prides itself on how it treats warehouse workers In today's tight labor market, companies will do anything to find, hook and retain good employees. But one particular distributor's efforts at employee retention predate the low unemployment rates of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In fact, they go back 20 years. "People are our most precious resource," says Jim Smith, senior vice president and director of operations for Avnet Electronics Marketing in Chandler, AZ, an operating group of Avnet Inc., a $9 billion Fortune 500 firm. "We're fueling an industry that grows in double-digit figures yearly, and our employees are driving our success." "We wouldn't be in...
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