Purchasing - August 24, 2000

Caucus-the association of high-tech acquisition professionals holds its annual conference at the Hyatt Islandia in San Diego on Sept. 6-8, 2000.

• BUYLINES
• NAPP conference will focus on digital marketplace
• Capacitor pricing turns volatile
• ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTION
• VEBA Electronics sold off
• ON THE INTERNET
• SalvageSale.com carves niche in busy world of Net markets
• OPTOELECTRONICS
• LED market lights up
• PURCHASING SURVEY
• Companies get purchasing pros into the design stage
• SPECIALTY GASES
• Semiconductor markets accelerate growth

• BUYLINESIT SOURCING STRATEGY
• GartnerGroup: Negotiation team must work together

• COMPUTERS, PERIPHERALS and SOFTWARE
• PURCHASING NOTES
• BRIEFS
• Savin adds printers for high-volume workgroups
• SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION TRENDS
• Online licensing stresses need for SAM

• COMPUTERS, PERRIPHERALS AND SOFTWARE
• MANAGING SUPPLIERS
• Measuring performance takes on new importance

• ELECTRONICS
• Web, outsourcing revolutionize buying

• ELECTRONICS PURCHASING
• IBM unveils the ASCI White
• ELECTRONICS PRICES
• ELECTRONICS BRIEFS
• NECX.com to acquire American IC Exchange
• Stellar growth forecast for Bluetooth chips, equipment
• PCs grew 14.5% in Q2
• Tantalum capacitor supply crunch to ease in Q1 2000
• DISTRIBUTION
• Buyers turn to independent distributors
• ELECTRONIC BUYING CONDITIONS
• Connector tags flat
• Prices rise as supplies remain tight

• INSIDE PURCHASING
• Welcome to our TechPlus Edition

• MRO/DISTRIBUTION
• NEWS
• NAPM MRO Buyers Group has third annual conference
• BRIEFS
• Philips Lighting names bulbs.com a distributor

• OFFICE PRODUCTS AND BUSINESS SYSTEMS
• BUYING OFFICE SERVICES
• Outsourcing harnesses strengths of suppliers

• OFFICE PRODUCTS and BUSINESS SYSTEMS
• PURCHASING NOTES
• E-COMMERCE STRATEGIES
• Pitney Bowes transforms itself for e-business
• ONLINE SOURCING STRATEGIES
• Corporate buyers move office purchases online

• PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• NOKIA

• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE

• PURCHASING HOTLINES
• Technology news and analysis for
• PURCHASING HOTLINES

• PURCHASING SOFTWARE NEWS
• PeopleSoft launches new generation of Internet apps

• SUPPLY INSIGHTS
• SUPPLY INSIGHTS
• FORECASTS
• LEADTIMES
• TEXTILE BAGS
• Buyers: Don't get bagged

• TRANSPORTATION
• BRIEFS
• NEWS
• FreightWise and NTE form strategic alliance
• OSRA credited with positive effects on ocean shipping
• RAIL INTERNET
• Rail industry discovers the Internet

• e-PROCUREMENT
• NET MARKETS
• NEWS
• Choosing the right supplier of e-procurement software
• Readers respond to e-auction coverage
• Four Latin American giants launch Net marketplace
• Airline exchange chooses Oracle technology platform
• Top execs want big, fast returns on e-procurement outlays
• Buyers turn wary eyes on electronic auctions
• net services
• Highlights from Purchasing's reader poll on e-auctions
• TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS
• The carnage begins in Net markets
• mergers & acquisitions

• electronics forecast
• Exclusive studyNew pricing paradigm emerges

• job scene
• The Decline of the Negotiator?