Purchasing - March 16, 2006

It's not uncommon for electronics OEMs to involve purchasers in new product introduction when design engineers begin work on a new product. However, networking equipment company Cisco Systems in San Jose, Calif. is taking purchasing involvement in design to a new level. Commodity managers are not only involved in new product introduction, they often influence what technology will be used ...

• Electronics and Technology Edition
• Electronics Leadtimes
• Memory leadtimes spike
• Electronics Trends
• Switch tags to rise slightly
• What capabilities Cisco suppliers need
• Most Asian companies will be RoHS compliant
• The rush to RoHS compliance
• Electronics Briefs
• PM chip market rises; tags steady
• Celestica purchases Powerwave facility
• RoHS catalog released
• Buyers, distributors both report longer part leadtimes

• Features
• Delphi builds bridges to designers & suppliers
• Performance Measurement
• Wanted: Suppliers who think like you
• Purchasing Strategies
• Purchasing Strategies Case Study: The sweet smell of outsourcing success comes to fragrance maker
• Purchasing Strategies Case Study: Outsourcing since day one
• Outsourcing lands in procurement
• Purchasing Strategies Case Study: Blending services and technology

• Markets
• Logistics
• Cargo security makes strange bedfellows
• BNSF investing to meet demand
• Pay no attention to that software behind the curtain
• Price-fixing probe launched
• Detours
• Globalization, on-demand model push TMS adoption
• Office
• Faxes are evolving
• Products
• New products for buyers

• News
• Economy + Supply
• Business Outlook
• Prices
• Buyers' report on early 2006 pricing

• News, Markets and Departments
• My Turn
• How to survive procurement outsourcing
• Players
• Players: Jerry Jones, CPO and Dir. of Supply Chain Mgmt, Synetics Solutions
• Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
• Purchasing pumps up basketball design
• Strategies + Tactics
• Timken transforms sourcing
• Your Turn
• End users have opinions too