Purchasing - September 7, 2006
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UTC supply management alumni branch out
Perhaps the factor that says the most about United Technologies’ supply management organization is the number of “alumni” now heading up or driving supply chain and procurement functions at other companies. Back in the 1997 when mastermind Kent Brittan was selecting executives to be part of the new centralized supply management organization (it was called a purchasing council...
- Chemicals Edition
- Business Intelligence
- Chemforecast
- Sulfuric acid prices continue to decline as demand dries up
- Chemical Distribution
- Chemcentral takes global view with both buyers and suppliers
- Electronic Chemicals
- Slight price upticks, thanks to usual suspects
- Grassroots Report
- Alaska oilfield closure has buyers more concerned about energy prices
- Supply Update
- Gulf Coast chemical supply continues to rebound in 2006
- Features
- Supply management is core of success at UTC
- Medal of Professional Excellence
- Suppliers join the design huddle
- Cross-divisional teamwork nets big savings
- Supplier Management
- Communication key in product development
- Supply Chain Management
- Ford has a better idea
- Supply Chain Solutions
- On-demand promises to hook savings
- Medal of Professional Excellence
- Metals
- Stainless steel sheet buy goes under the microscope at UTC
- Metals Chips
- Business Intelligence
- Aluminum
- Alcoa buys out smelter partners
- Boeing extends contract with Kaiser
- Aleris goes private, expands products beyond flat-rolled
- Beijing fails to dampen Chinese industry's roaring expansion in smelting
- Copper
- Chinese tubemaker talks merger
- Grupo Mexico to boost production at home, in Peru
- Nickel
- Buyers may be facing record-high prices this fall
- Steel
- New executive team at Mittal Steel USA
- ThyssenKrupp plans U.S. carbon, stainless mill
- NS Group to expand production
- Wheeling-Pittsburgh plans to align operations with Brazil's CSN
- Supply of plate, wide pipe tighter after BP’s Alaskan pipeline woes
- Steel Market Survey
- Buyers want better service, prices deliveries, and from suppliers
- Titanium
- Timet material in motorcycle springs
- Aviation activity has tightened supply, boosted prices fourfold
- Zinc
- Quebec mine will be developed
- New and Departments
- News and Departments
- CPO Views
- Evolution, innovation are constants
- Economy + Supply
- ALCAN TO BOOST KITIMAT
- CPO SUMMIT RETURNS
- GM SLOWS SUV OUTPUT
- ALUMINUM TIGHTENS
- NiMH BATTERIES SHORT
- HUNTSMAN REOPENS
- What's in short supply?
- ANTI-MERCURY FUNDED
- FORD HAS A BETTER IDEA
- RETAIL SALES INCREASED
- SLOWER GDP FORESEEN
- MORE NICKEL COMING
- PRODUCT STOCKPILES RISE
- CASTLE BUYS TRANSTAR
- Leadtime Report
- Lift truck deliveries flatten
- Leadtime Report
- Sulfuric acid is easier to get
- Copper wire is extending
- Logistics
- LTL market continues to support high rates
- Rail fuel surcharges get reviewed
- Business Intelligence
- Pioneer Electronics creates competition for LTL bids
- MRO + Distribution
- MRO Briefs
- Indirect materials buyers to meet in Chicago
- Business Intelligence
- IBT listens to MRO purchasersto keep competition at bay
- My Turn
- Supply management masters
- Players
- Kevin Kilcoyne, manager of logistics, Welch’s
- Prices
- PRECIOUS METALS RISE
- Buyers plan to pay higher freight-delivery charges
- NO SLIDE FOR ZINC
- $85 CRUDE IS FORECAST
- DELL LEADS PCS DOWN
- TIRE TAGS INFLATE
- MATERIALS PPI IS UP
- GROUP SEES $3 COPPER
- SOFTER STEEL SEEN
- RUBBER BOUNCES UP
- ETHYLENE PRICE FLAT
- RESIN PRICES UNCLEAR
- Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
- RoHS is a challenge and an opportunity for EMS firm
- Speaking Out
- Purchasing can be a profit center
- Strategies + Tactics
- Purchasing powers push toonline processes at Polaris
- Trends
- Plastics additive prices on the rise despite abundant supply
- Purchasing execs on the move...
- Report shows sourcing apps, on-demand model growing most
- McDonald’s applies SRM strategy to global technology buy
- Hilton's supply chain ready for anything heading into hurricane season
- Engineering sees value of purchasing involvement in the design process
- Business Intelligence
- Supplier diversity pays off
- Centralizing contract management leverages Cameron’s temp labor spend
- Procurement migrating to on-demand
- CSCMP hosts global sourcing conference
- Your Turn
- India focus stirs interest
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