Avnet Insights: Driven by Customer Demand, Engineers are Designing for Sustainability
26 Julio 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Rising customer demands for sustainability are playing a key
role in engineers’ design efforts coming out of two-plus years of
pandemic-driven disruption and the ongoing components shortage. A
newly released pulse survey from leading technology distributor,
Avnet (Nasdaq: AVT), found that majority (78%) of respondents who
view sustainable product design as an opportunity have made
progress in implementing it into their business strategy.
Globally, respondents found many sustainable design solutions to
be important, especially visibility around availability and lead
times (81%) and component end-of-life management (77%).
Additionally, the survey uncovered what tactics are being
implemented:
- Most are currently using or plan to implement designing for
longevity (77%) and low-power design (77%).
- Nearly two-thirds are or plan to leverage connectivity (64%),
software that prolongs product efficiency or life cycle (62%) or
designing for recycling (60%) or reuse (57%).
- Around half are or plan to avoid non-renewable resources (50%),
edge computing (48%) or artificial intelligence (47%).
“Our latest research indicates that efforts around sustainable
design are further ahead than we may have anticipated, especially
given the disruption to component availability and supply chains
which have been a stringent focus these last couple of years,” said
Stacy Mendez, Director of Global Strategic Planning and ESG, Avnet.
“It is encouraging to see companies redirecting that focus to
efforts that can help promote sustainable design in components and,
beyond that, their end products.”
Avnet found customer demand is, by far, the most effective
driver behind their customers’ use of sustainable design tactics.
Four-in-ten (40%) say customer pressure will be the most effective
catalyst. Less than one-fifth believe government regulations (15%)
or the desire to gain a competitive advantage (10%) will be an
effective catalyst for advancing the use of sustainable design
tactics.
“It is clear that customers are seeking sustainable options,
which means demand for sustainably designed products will only
continue to grow,” added Mendez. “Engineers should seek
opportunities to incorporate sustainable design from the very start
of the product development process. Therein lies the opportunity
for customers to leverage the design and engineering capabilities
of an end-to-end distributor to guide them from ideation to product
development, even through to end-of-life, with sustainability
priorities top of mind.”
The Avnet Insights pulse survey was conducted among n=149 global
respondents. Regionally, respondents were based in the Americas,
EMEA, Asia, and Japan. The survey was fielded online from June
1-16, 2023, using Avnet’s global customer database.
About Avnet
As a leading global technology distributor and solutions
provider, Avnet has served customers’ evolving needs for an entire
century. We support customers at each stage of a product’s
lifecycle, from idea to design and from prototype to production.
Our unique position at the center of the technology value chain
enables us to accelerate the design and supply stages of product
development so customers can realize revenue faster. Decade after
decade, Avnet helps its customers and suppliers around the world
realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Learn more
about Avnet at avnet.com.
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