Purchasing - May 19, 2005

Each year at its annual Supplier Conference the material and supply operation at Rockwell Collins honors its top performing suppliers at an award ceremony. Presented to the suppliers by chairman, president and CEO Clay Jones, the awards provide recognition for participating in the company's Lean initiative.

• Departments
• Inside Purchasing
• It's great to meet you
• Logistics
• Ocean Spray leverages software to manage inbound logistics
• RFID News
• Briefs
• China shipping news
• What's Hot
• Robert Bosch combines outsourcing and technology to drive lean
• Office Technologies
• 10 tips for the copier, MFP and fax purchase
• IKON launches new tool to help understand costs
• What's Hot in Office
• Product Update
• Product Update

• Electronics and Technology News
• Electronics Briefs
• What's Hot
• Component Snapshot
• Weaker demand means slower resistor growth
• Distribution
• NEC taps Jaco for LCD services
• Avnet to acquire Memec in stock and cash deal
• Mouser inks agreements
• Electronic Leadtimes
• Leadtimes fall back
• End Markets
• Computer shipments rise in Q1
• Exclusive Electronics Business Report
• Orders to pick up this quarter
• Flash Memory
• More flash used in mass storage
• Integrated Circuits
• Memory chip makers posted double-digit growth in '04
• Wafer thinning materials offered
• Interconnects
• Slower growth, stable prices expected for connectors
• Kudos
• Rockwell Collins names winners at supplier meeting
• LCD Market
• LCD prices to drop in 2Q
• Lead Free Update
• Complying to RoHS
• Memory ICS
• Flat growth forecast for DRAM modules
• Semiconductors
• Chip capital spending to see drop in 2005
• Analog IC growth slows
• Foundries thrive as more chips are outsourced
• Supplier Management
• Dell honors suppliers

• Features
• Production Planning
• How to adjust to a bad forecast
• Sourcing in China
• Buyers search for success in China
• Supplier Management
• The changing face of Nortel

• News
• Economy
• How Supply Managers See High-Tech Business
• Prices
• Factors Affecting Product Cost
• Supply
• What's Happening in High-Tech Supply Chains
• Tip Sheet
• Key Metrics and Supply Alert