Purchasing - February 15, 2007
Features
Purchasing drives success for Con-way
It’s been one year since Con-way, the freight transportation and logistics services company, named Mitch Plaat as its first chief procurement officer. His charge: Improve efficiency and identify savings opportunities. As many purchasing executives new to this post have experienced, Plaat has had his share of challenges.
- Chemicals Edition
- Business Intelligence
- Chemforecast: Ethanol
- Cheaper gasoline drives down fuel-grade ethanol prices
- Global Sourcing
- Procter & Gamble puts a new spin on global chemicals sourcing
- Market Update
- Aromatics prices stay high despite big declines in crude oil
- Electronics and Technology Edition
- Business Intelligence
- Electronics Leadtimes
- Leadtimes stretch
- Electronics Trends
- Look for DSP tags to fall
- More chip production outsourced
- Excess chip inventory rises
- Buyers look for value from electronics distributors
- Features
- Metals
- Metals Chips
- Business Iintelligence
- Aluminum
- Alcoa execs see strong aluminum mill demand in 2007
- Copper
- Copper prices will slip, but not collapse in 2007
- Global Supply
- Steel output increases 9% in 2006 to new high
- Steel
- Timken and Daido to develop steel special bar plant
- Steel Bars
- Steel bars advantage: Buyers. But, for how long remains uncertain
- Steel Outlook
- Steel Outlook: Disagreement reigns on steel price, supply
- News and Departments
- Economy + Supply
- Alumina threatened
- GE buys long term
- Hafnium replacing silicon
- RFID growth strong
- Cat sees slippage
- Construction plateaus
- PC sales grow 9.5%
- Flash plant delayed
- Durables on the rise
- GDP to grow, sort of
- Housing has tanked
- DRAM sales may dip
- Chip stockpiles rise
- Cell phones healthy
- Fabricated metals purchasing is perking up
- Logistics
- Detours
- Business intelligence
- LTL demand dip impacts rates as carriers focus on operations
- MRO + Distribution
- New website features exclusive salary data for MRO purchasing professionals
- Business Intelligence
- Together suppliers generate success for ITC Transmission
- My Turn
- PLM breaks down silos. That’s why you need it.
- Office
- Business Intelligence
- Office product briefs
- Dow leverages vendor-managed inventory for office supplies
- Prices
- Gold bugs are here
- OSB is cheap
- CHIP ASPS decline
- Magnesium price rises
- Silver prices up
- APT is on the rise
- Aluminum price uncertain
- Platinum prices may drop
- DSP tags set to fall
- Newsprint contracts extended
- Inflation may rise
- Bar fees brighten
- Foundries to see 1Q price dip
- Transportation, energy costs are top buyer concerns
- STB rules on fuel surcharges
- PVC prices slip
- Strategies + Tactics
- Technology firm minimizes supplier risk in global sourcing
- Trends
- Business Intelligence
- Newmont Mining digs up master plan for global procurement overhaul
- Coors Brewing continues on procurement transformation path
- Your Turn
- Outsourcing report gets reaction
Advertisement
Advertisement