Purchasing - June 1, 2000

Prices of synthetic rubber belts and hoses, which have increased by up to 6% in the past few months, will stabilize in the second half of the year. Meanwhile, total demand is expected to pick up after being flat for over a year.

• AUTOMOTIVE/OEM
• NEWS
• BRIEFS
• Suppliers steer toward aftermarket with gusto

• BUYING ENERGY
• Hoecker reports on RTO progress
• Electric providers face barriers in energy services mart

• BUYING IN THE OEM
• aviation/aerospace
• Prepping the supply base for leaner supply systems

• BUYLINES
• INDUSTRY COST ANALYSIS
• Inflation victims offer bargaining ops for buyers
• NAPM will roll out revised C.P.M. exam in 2001
• JIT II PROGRAMS
• Inventory reduction benefits

• CAREER DEVELOPMENT
• Purchasing seminars from a purchasing pro

• CPI EDITION
• LEADTIMES
• BUYER'S NEWS
• Study predicts strong growth in food containers
• Steady growth, flat pricing in diverse, consolidating market
• High prices could go 1¢-2¢/lb higher
• New product review
• price changes
• Price hikes begin to slow
• CORPORATE changes
• Flat-to-falling prices predicted for late 2000
• Bayer expands output as global demand soars
• CHEMICAL TRANSACTION PRICES
• Plastic Resins
• Purchasing transaction price survey results
• Index flattens, begins to slide
• chemforecast
• Buyers predict downward price pressure

• INSIDE PURCHASING
• Think like a CPO

• METALS
• NEWS
• Will Web venture cut fabricated metal costs?
• Alcan's merger is scaled back
• Uncle sets high duties on seamless steel pipe imports
• Copper center shipments are up
• GM to use Comex for aluminum pricing
• CHIPS
• Buyers see need to reorder supplies in the third quarter
• No injury on cold-rolled sheet
• Nickel deficit keeping surcharges in place
• Alcoa now in control of Reynolds Metals
• STEEL PLATE AND BEAMS MARKET
• Duties will cut stainless plates' import share
• Heavy steel' tags expected to rise off cyclical lows sometime'
• Structural capacity is growing ahead of demand
• steel plate and beams market
• No price-or demand-explosions here
• Plate supply exceeds use

• PRODUCT UPDATE
• LATCHES
• Surging hardware demand tightens supply

• PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• North Star

• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE

• RECYCLING RESOURCES
• Recycling Resources

• STRATEGIES
• What's in a name?

• SUPPLY INSIGHTS
• FORECASTS
• Supply Insights
• ALUMINUM SHAPES
• Don't get rolled by price hikes for aluminum shapes

• TRANSPORTATION
• Carriers strive for global reach
• NEWS
• Ocean ports expand, but worry about service
• BRIEFS

• cpi edition
• FOOD AND BEVERAGE
• Juice up the packaging buy
• citric acid
• Imports keep a lid on prices

• global sourcing strategy
• Supply chain management at Otis reins in global spending