Purchasing - June 15, 2006
Features
RoHS enforcement rules still unclear
While the electronicsindustry has spent billions of dollars to comply with the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, it is unclear how the law will be enforced. The European Commission (EC), which oversees the RoHS legislation, was supposed to release enforcement guidance for RoHS last year, but did not do so until late May.
- Chemicals Edition
- Business Intelligence
- Chemforecast
- Glycerin glut sends prices plummeting
- Grassroots
- Energy prices continue to put the hurt on plastics buyers
- Market News
- DuPont cites material costs in raising prices across the board
- Pricing Outlook
- High temps, demand could propel ethylene glycol
- Sourcing and Product Development
- Biozone makes the connection
- Electronics and Technology Edition
- Features
- Green Buying
- RoHS: The tip of the environmental iceberg
- Raw Materials Sourcing
- Buyers open new doors to beat price hikes
- Metals
- News and Departments
- CPO Views
- Needed: Adaptive procurement
- Economy + Supply
- New Intel gear due
- Material costs absorbed
- PC shipments growing
- Wages boost economy
- Hotel strikes possible
- Manufacturing kept in U.S.
- Lab gear giant created
- Factories are busy
- E-commerce active
- Apple debuts MacBook
- Builders less optimistic
- Semi book-to-bill
- Packaging gets smart
- Logistics
- Business Intelligence
- Boeing, HP make the most of outsourced logistics
- MRO + Distribution
- MRO Briefs
- Business Intelligence
- For factory supplies, UTC workers hit the mall
- My Turn
- Manufacturers deserve better
- Office
- Business Intelligence
- High demand, tight supply will boost transaction prices
- Prices
- Ethanol will be dear
- Buyers worry about costs of energy, transportation
- Commodities are ablaze
- World steel is elevated
- Methanol may slip
- Thermal coal may spike
- Optic lines may burst
- Alcoa ups wheels prices
- Formaldehyde awakens?
- DDR list prices up
- Barge prices rising
- Capacitor tags increase
- Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
- Internet boosts communications
- Trends
- Rockwell Collins recognizes top suppliers at conference
- Purchasing execs on the move...
- Small is beautiful: Make your business appealing to suppliers
- Colgate Palmolive's council strategy drives diversity efforts
- Business Intelligence
- Manugistics, Frictionless to be bought
- Centralized procurement: Success breeds success
- Shipman supply management award goes to Nelson
- Your Turn
- Energy prices fuel anger
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