Purchasing - March 21, 2002

Facsimile sales are down, but this doesn't mean demand for the technology is going away anytime soon.In fact, corporate buyers will always have a need for fax, even as their purchasing activity shifts the marketplace a bit.Hit hard by the economic slowdown, fax manufacturers saw sales tumble at the end of 2001.

• Departments
• E-Procurement
• Online reverse auctions create two procurement camps
• ChevronTexaco makes the most of centralized spending
• Motors company uses Oracle for indirect e-procurement
• IBM sounds the e-procurement alarm
• Auto supplier moves to new quote management system
• Ariba works with CAPS on benchmarking data
• Electronics Leadtimes
• DRAMs are tightening up
• Electronics and Technology News
• NEC cuts supplier base to save $3 billion
• What's Hot
• Power IC tags stabilize as inventories decline
• What's Hot in IT
• IT buyers will spend 25% more on software
• Demand, ore prices down, mill tags remain elevated
• Sluggish demand means switch prices will fall
• Inside Purchasing
• Purchasing in design: As strategic as it gets

• Features
• E-Procurement
• IBM tracks benefits of centralized sourcing data
• Electronics Design
• Involve Buyers!
• Electronics and Technology News
• OEMs expect EMS firms to reduce product costs

• News
• Economy
• How Supply Managers See High-Tech Business
• What's Happening in High-Tech Supply Chains
• Electronics Transaction Prices
• Prices could rise this quarter
• Prices could rise this quarter
• Tip Sheet
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert