Purchasing - January 25, 2001

So now you believe JIT II onsite supplier relationships and techniques just might offer efficiencies to your purchasing function.

• ELECTRONICS PURCHASING
• The CM needs to offer more
• Tantalum ore comes up short
• Telecommunications drives connector demand
• Contract Manufacturing
• CMs beef up SCM services
• DISTRIBUTION
• Insight Electronics now carries TI analog ICs
• ELECTRONIC BUYING CONDITIONS
• Manufacturers' margins suffer
• Slowdown should improve supply, lower tags

• Electronics
• What's Hot

• Electronics Outlook
• More availability on the horizon
• Passives
• Component supply conditions to improve in 2001

• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• PURCHASING NOTES
• WHAT'S HOT

• INSIDE PURCHASING
• Why Microsoft put muscle in purchasing

• Information Technology
• PC Sourcing Strategies
• To lease or not?

• Job Scene
• Honesty might not be the best policy

• LOGISTICS
• What's Hot

• Logistics
• Shippers may gain from slowing demand

• MRO/DISTRIBUTION
• NEWS
• BRIEFS
• Distributors ready for e-commerce

• OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES
• PURCHASING NOTES
• COPIER MARKET
• Manufacturers to face off in 2001
• E-PROCUREMENT
• Online auctions come to the office products industry

• PRODUCT UPDATE
• Don't overlook opportunities for effective card use

• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• PURCHASING HOTLINE
• Technology news and analysis for
• PURCHASING HOTLINE

• SUPPLY INSIGHTS
• MANIFOLD BUSINESS FORMS
• Time to tackle forms tags

• TECHLINES
• PC plunge prompts predictions aplenty
• OFFICE SUPPLIES PURCHASING
• Counterfeiting rears its ugly head
• REGULATION WATCH
• Clinton leaves rule legacy for incoming administration

• e-PROCUREMENT
• User-friendly e-procurement
• NEWS
• Study finds big enablement obstacle to B2B e-commerce
• UDDI hits ground running
• From e-ordering to e-RFQs and contract management
• E-news flash

• sourcing strategy
• Microsoft cuts buying costs by $46 million