Purchasing - April 3, 2003

As companies fight battles for global markets, many are finding themselves facing really tough questions about costs. For people working in supply, sourcing and purchasing functions the pressure is building for them to take greater responsibility for buying decisions that directly affect corporate profitability.

• CPI Edition
• CPI Buyers' News
• Chem supply troubles multiply
• Resin hikes reflect higher feedstocks
• Chemforcast
• Watch fuel and freight hikes
• Innovation
• Vitamin processes get a dose of innovation

• Departments
• Buylines
• Motorola appoints Metty to new CPO post
• Inside Purchasing
• The best and the brightest
• Leadtimes
• Caution breeds long leads
• Logistics
• What's Hot
• Shippers seek new advantages while retaining inbound control
• Briefs
• Professional Profile
• Morgan Advanced Ceramics

• Features
• CEO Report
• Microsoft takes steps to world-class procurement
• Sourcing Strategy
• High-hanging fruit

• Metals
• Chips
• What's Hot
• Aluminum
• Alcoa plans for 1.4 million metric tons of new capacity
• New technologies keep lighter SUVs safe and fuel-efficient
• Maven: Rebound year unlikely for extrusions
• Coated Steel
• Tariffs trigger turbulent times
• Exclusive Business Data
• Factory bookings dull metalworking

• News
• Chemical Transaction Prices
• Purchasing transaction price survey results
• Supply
• What's happening in supply chains
• Tip Sheet
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert
• Transaction Prices
• Energy spike drives commodities higher
• Purchasing transaction price survey results
• Transaction Prices Forecasts
• Transaction Prices Forecasts