Purchasing - August 17, 2004

Selecting MRO buyers for PURCHASING's All-Star team (profiled on pages 36-47) gets tougher every year. In response to the magazine's annual editorial call, PURCHASING received from readers numerous nominations of MRO buyers worthy of a spot on this year's team. From the nominations solicited in the magazine as well as on www.

• CPI Edition
• Chemicals
• Feedstock costs, demand strength send prices higher
• Bayer Polymers has become Bayer MaterialScience
• Prices will stabilize when resin supply meets demand
• Global Sourcing
• Sun Chemical targets savings as prices soar

• Departments
• Buylines
• SupplyOn takes on North American market
• Who's News
• Supply chain management faces tough scrutiny
• Hedging helps airlines deflect higher jet fuel costs
• Pop quiz on breach of contract claims
• TVA to save time and money on outsourced services
• Version *.*
• Who's got strategic sourcing on the brain?
• Kudos
• Global Procurement Conference
• Achieving Greatness: Buy Like the Best-in-Class
• Logistics
• What's Hot
• Shippers get advice from experts on reducing logistics costs

• Electronics and Technology News
• What's Hot
• Electronics Leadtimes
• Memory leadtimes stretch
• Integrated Circuits
• Consumer equipment drives MPEG IC growth
• Optoelectronics
• LED prices to fall despite strong demand
• Passives
• Recovery builds for resistors, capacitors
• Purchasing Strategy
• Plexus cuts cost through supplier collaboration
• Semiconductors
• Capex spending by chip companies picks up in 2004
• Supplier Diversity
• Take a walk on the cyber side

• Metals
• What's Hot
• Aluminum
• Strong demand fundamentals translate to solid new orders

• News
• Prices
• Factors Affecting Product Cost
• Supply
• What's Happening in Markets
• Tip Sheet
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert