Purchasing - June 16, 2005

Major semiconductor suppliers all had strong years in 2004, but many will be hard pressed to post even modest single-digit growth in 2005 as key end-market segments cool off. Chip companies' revenue in total grew 28% as the semiconductor market reached $213 billion because of strong growth from computer, consumer electronics and wireless communications equipment manufacturers.

• Departments
• Inside Purchasing
• Note to the EU: Get the lead out
• Logistics
• RFID News
• ATA: Driver shortage worse
• Aftermarket logistics requires specialized services
• Rates drop, capacity builds
• Briefs
• Moller-Maersk to buy P&O Nedlloyd
• What's Hot
• Office Technologies
• What's Hot in Office
• Briefs
• There's more to the diversity buy than meets the eye
• What's new at the AIIM/On Demand show
• Product Update
• Product Update

• Electronics and Technology News
• Distribution Update
• What's Hot
• Buying Green
• Fujitsu begins shipping lead-free touch panels
• Component Snapshot
• Battery demand strong through '09
• Contract Management
• How to use software to manage contracts
• Displays
• Large-sized LCD panel supply to tighten soon
• Record LED purchase announced
• Distribution
• Avnet provides EOL support
• NEDA: 'Pay distributors for demand creation'
• Electronic Leadtimes
• Many leadtimes expand
• End Markets
• Mobile PC shipments to outpace desktop PCs
• Flash Memory
• NAND revenue edges out NOR
• High-Tech Economy
• Business activity is better than expected
• Lead Free Update
• Managing the transition
• MPUs
• AMD ships Geode
• Memory ICS
• First XDR drams produced
• Outsourcing
• Celestica wins EMS award
• Passives
• Ceramic capacitors prices to fall 10-15% through 2005
• Semiconductors
• Logic prices to rise despite weak demand
• Storage
• Samsung unveils NAND flash solid state disk

• Features
• Buying Lead-Free
• The clock is ticking
• Economic Outlook 2005
• U.S. economy: 'Amazingly resilient'
• Market Forecast
• 2004 Worldwide Top 50 Semiconductor Sales Leaders
• Salary Survey
• Complete Purchasing's 2005 Salary Survey

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