Purchasing - July 18, 2002

Adonix. Adonix X3 is a quick-to-implement ERP (enterprise resource planning) software package for mid-market companies that is fully integrated with finance, distribution, manufacturing, CRM (customer relationship management) and e-business functionality. Tel: (724) 933-1377; URL: www.adonix.com. Agile.

• CPI Edition
• Salute to the National Association of Chemical Distributors
• Bulk Packaging
• Higher materials tags may bump PE drum prices
• CPI Buyers
• Supplies will tighten, but no shortages are in the forecast
• CPI Buyers' News
• Post-merger ChevronTexaco takes global view of costs
• Suppliers' changes can wreak havoc
• Chemical Transaction Prices
• Chemical Transaction Prices
• Price increases are sputtering
• E-Procurement
• Dot.com survivors
• Pharmaceuticals
• Custom chemicals makers stress chiral technologies
• Resins
• Buying club uses e-auction to source $84M in HDPE, PP

• Departments
• Buylines
• PPG wins by having the right words in its contract
• Manufacturing remains "depressed and uncertain"
• Letter to the editor
• Mold makers want aid fighting 'unfair' foreign practices
• Career Development
• Bayer sticks to training plan, despite budget cuts
• Electronics and Technology News
• Demand creeps up for AC/DC switching power
• HP targets $800 million in supply chain savings
• Leads start to stretch a bit
• Inside Purchasing
• Attention CEOs: Get smart about buying
• Leadtimes
• Buyers scramble for steel
• Leadtimes
• Logistics
• Briefs
• What's Hot
• Office Technologies
• Xerox introduces color printers
• Product Update
• Buyers may see longer leadtimes in coming year
• Professional Profile
• Professional Profile: Hillary Parker, Union Pacific Railroad
• Readers Sound Off
• The case for outsourcing procurement
• Strategic Sourcing
• Gillette's chief executive puts power into purchasing

• Features
• Electronics and Technology News
• Weak demand means DRAM, flash tags will stay low
• Logistics
• Eastman takes a spinoff approach to outsourcing
• Office Technologies
• Equipment and software can control rising postal costs
• Software Buyers' Guide
• Evaluating software? Consider costs first
• Strategic Sourcing
• Suppliers go the distance for Schneider Electric

• Metals
• Chips
• What's Hot
• Aluminum
• Alcoa develops new alloys for super jumbo jetliners
• Copper
• Below-average demand holds inflation at bay
• E-Procurement
• CMC Steel Group brings fragmented supply base online
• Exclusive Business Data
• Business slump to cut purchases
• Ferrochrome
• Xstrata says market prices appear to have bottomed out
• Iron Ore
• Benchmark price falls 5%
• Metals Watch
• Buyers say demand is lifeless
• Specialty Steel
• Kennametal spends 10% less for high-speed tool steels
• Demand drops from power generation mart
• Steel
• Nucor-led consolidation alters face of steel supply
• Steel Imports
• U.S. firms appear to be buying less
• Steel Trade Wars
• Japanese auto firms ask for imported steel—tariffs or not
• Panel clears foreign beam makers
• Auto parts makers blame tariffs for high-priced steel
• Steel Trade wars
• Price spikes may hurt efforts to cut capacity

• News
• Economy
• How Supply Managers See Business
• Electronics Transaction Prices
• Purchasing electronics transaction price survey results
• Prices will stabilize
• Prices
• Factors Affecting Product Cost
• Supply
• What's Happening in Markets
• Tip Sheet
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert
• Transaction Price Forecasts
• Transaction Price Forecasts
• Transaction Prices
• Purchasing transaction price survey results
• Price index weakens