New Farnell Catalog

Just got my new Farnell 09 catalog.

WTF - they have reorganised everything into categories, no more alphabetical listing! Why on earth do they have to change these things?? Grr...

Dave.

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David L. Jones
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They're screwing with you Dave...

and everyone else too...

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dmm

"David L. Jones" wrote in news:7Ulkm.146218$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe14.iad:

I once went to a marketing feedback session for Farnell catalogs some 10 years ago, (and got paid for it). I was one of about 2 engineers in the group, the rest were purchasing types. These purchasing guys wanted separate books like they once tried, also an emphasis on Farnell part numbers rather than vendors and other more strange requests which I can't remember, I just remember thinking that designers were being under-represented and now wonder the books were shitty.

Maybe a similar influence is now occuring? Have not got the new books here yet.

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GeoffC

Purchasing departments tend to use the web these days (and search sites like findchips and octpart), I don't know any who still use the printed catalog any more.

Dave.

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David L. Jones

I don't know any

Our guy still uses the book. Does not understand the web. I don't have the time or patience to teach him.

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GeoffC

Yikes. Let me guess. He still raises a manual paper purchase order on triplicate carbon, does the "walk around" to get it signed by 3 managers, and then enters it it in manually into "the system" which finally prints out a formal purchase order at the end of the day which is then snail mailed or faxed away to the suppplier?

Come to think of it, I know some former companies that are probably still working like this :->

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Pretty much.

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GeoffC

Although purchasing does use the web in my meagre experience, many engineers at my work refer to the paper catalogs when they are looking for something. Some even believe that the web site is somehow 'incomplete' or likely to miss something that the paper catalog has..

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Ross..

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Ross Vumbaca

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