Purchasing - February 21, 2002

Risk management: The art of reducing uncertainty where possible and increasing the number of options for dealing with surprises that can't be forestalled by other means. During the late 1980s and all through the 90s, manufacturers such as HP were focusing major attention on reducing risk throughout their business, starting with the aspects of their business that were most closely under th...

• Departments
• E-Procurement
• Chipmaker moves to put direct spend online
• Electronics giant centralizes contract labor buy online
• Electronics Leadtimes
• No supply pressure yet
• Electronics Supply Insights
• Buyers' lever is weak demand
• Electronics and Technology News
• Mobile MPUs move to 0.13 micron process technology
• Weak demand=few shortages
• Electronics Briefs
• Slow recovery expected for electronics distribution
• Switch makers lack Web capability
• Electronic parts-buying strategies show caution
• Analysts see 'modest' 3% price increase
• Fujitsu cuts procurement costs and suppliers
• Weak demand has buyers scrambling to cut costs
• Lithium ion makes the most of a down market
• Intel's MPU share drops
• DSP tags are poised for fall in 2002 as market grows
• Flash prices to fall further
• What's Hot
• Inside Purchasing
• Best practices at Big Blue three years later
• Logistics
• Last year has lasting effect
• What's Hot
• Office Technologies
• Minolta engineers digital copier for sharper images
• A move to e-procurement improves order efficiency
• Toshiba expands line to include networked printers

• Features
• Component Outlook
• Tighter supply, higher tags in fourth quarter
• Electronics and Technology News
• Distributors go à la carte with value-added services

• News
• Electronics Transaction Prices
• Prices to steady in second half
• Purchasing transaction price survey results
• Supply
• What's Happening in High-Tech Supply Chains
• Tip Sheet
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert