Purchasing - January 17, 2002

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• CPI Edition
• What's Hot
• Gas hikes won't stick
• Buyers
• Interest in hedging climbs, risk analysts add services
• Survey outlines transportation trends and challenges
• Tough times continue
• Buyers' News
• Price Changes
• Corporate Changes
• Chemforecast
• Quiet market will see flat pricing
• Soaps & Detergents
• Central sourcing strategy saves Dial $100 million

• Departments
• Books in Print
• Purchasing looks at best buying practices
• Buylines
• Indian Motorcycle names new VPs
• Buyers say business is still "ugly"
• STB orders rate disclosures
• USPS purchasing group mobilizes in anthrax scare
• Get it on the Web
• Inside Purchasing
• It's time to drop the PPI as an indicator
• MRO/Distribution News
• More buyers look to integrated supply
• Office Technologies
• Optimizing use of technology cuts copier costs at Harrah's
• Product Update
• Want to lower motor costs? Focus on energy efficiency
• Shipping News
• Rates go up, but surcharges go down at UPS, FedEx

• Electronics Purchasing
• What's Hot
• Intel invests in China
• Electronics Outsourcing
• Design moves into EMS spotlight
• Semiconductors
• ASICs market declines as systems shipments drop

• Features
• Commentary
• Taming the risks

• Metals
• What's Hot
• Best Practices
• Get an edge in the sheet steel buy
• Electric Furnace Steel Market
• Look for more shifts in mini-mill supply
• Exclusive Business Data
• Buyers won't boost buying for a while
• Metals Prices
• Steel transaction indexes reflect real market volatility
• Steel
• U.S. Steel mega-merger idea has many holes in it

• News
• Chemical Transaction Prices
• CPI tags drop to 19-month low
• Chemical Transaction Prices
• Electronics Transaction Prices
• Tags won't rise much before Q4
• Electronics Transaction Prices
• Supply
• What's Happening in Markets
• What's Happening in High-Tech Supply Chains
• Tip Sheet
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert
• Transaction Prices
• Transaction Prices
• Buyers see little inflation for '02