>The advantage of a disty is that if you're building a product
>and can source most if not all of the BOM from one place you
>spend much less of your time in the ordering and follow up phase.
>This time savings may be more valuable than saving a little on one part.

Certainly if you are in a position to use one of the large supply houses as 
a JIT source of components that saves you having to have a large stock of 
small quantities. 

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