Digi-Key Rated #1 for Most Preferred Distributor

Electronic engineers were asked to evaluate their preferences among the industry's leading electronic component distributors in the 2011 Distributor Customer Evaluation Study conducted by UBM Electronics in partnership with Beacon Technology.

Digi-Key is proud to be the most highly rated distributor across a variety of dimensions, including:

#1 Overall Most Preferred Distributor
#1 Distributor by Patronage of Semiconductor, Electromechanical, Passive, and Connector and Interconnect Product
#1 Breadth of Product
#1 for Product Availability
#1 for On-Time Delivery
#1 for Ample Product Information
#1 for Ease of Doing Business
#1 Responsive Customer Service
#1 for Vast Product Knowledge
#1 for Competitive Pricing
#1 for Global Distribution Support
#1 for Electronic Commerce Service Offering
#1 for Small-Quantity Purchase Capability

The study also found Digikey.com to be, by far, the website most frequented by respondents. Additionally, Digikey.com enjoys the highest ratings across the following evaluation criteria:

#1 Most Visited Site
#1 for Organization of Site
#1 for Accurate Search Engine
#1 for Ease of Navigation
#1 for Value of Online Content
#1 Ease of Ordering Product Online

Methodology:
Between March 17 and April 4 of 2011, EE Times Group subscribers with engineering, procurement and/or business management responsibilities who buy, design or approve the purchase of electronic components, equipment, or services through distributors participated in a web-based survey offering more than 1,500 usable responses. Results of this survey were published in June 2011.