Purchasing - June 14, 2007
Features
Avoid counterfeit electronic components
If there is one cardinal rule that electronics buyers should follow to reduce the risk of buying counterfeit or substandard parts it is to know the source of the parts. While that seems simple, all too often buyers who have purchased bogus parts have done so without knowing anything about the supplier.
- Chemicals Edition
- Electronics and Technology Edition
- Electronics Trends
- Distributors see India as a growth driver
- Prices will fall for ceramic capacitors
- Intel, Micron ship 50nm NAND flash
- Independents push for quality
- Business Intelligence-Electronics purchasers who say business is improving; Buyers who plan to increase purchase orders in the next 90 days; Purchasers who say semiconductor prices will rise over the next 90 days
- TTI to carry discrete chips
- Nu Horizons led the pack in sales growth
- Features
- Strategic Sourcing
- How to: Identify Available Suppliers
- Supplier Development
- Lean takes off at Cessna
- Supply Chain Strategies
- Commodities forecasting: It's all in your head
- Metals
- Business Intelligence-Cost of newest gold coin;Estimated 2007 copper price/lb; Estimated 2008 aluminum price/lb
- Chips
- Aluminum
- Alcoa vs. Alcan: A takeover battle that won't be resolved anytime soon
- Aluminum Suppliers hope automakers will boost use in future models
- Cobalt
- Idaho plant scheduled for '08
- Commodities
- China may try to bypass exchanges and source materials directly
- Copper
- Limited water sources in Chile could lead to higher costs of production
- No consensus yet on pricing
- Gold
- Gold dDemand rose 4%in first quarter
- Metals at Midyear
- The bulls are still running
- Steel
- Mittal Steel enters export market
- Steel Consolidation heats up but impact on buying community is unclear
- Analyst: Market is weaker than the mills suggest
- Steel Plate and Beams
- Steel Plate and Beams: Heavy steel market is busy; buyers balk at higher prices
- Zinc
- Researcher sees strong demand for years to come
- News and Departments
- Black Belt Negotiators
- 'It's your problem, not ours.'
- Economy + Supply
- Oracle Buys Agile
- Air Taxis Take Off
- Rubber Use to Stretch
- Aluminum Buys Expanding
- Flying Soon on Bio Fuel
- Durables Barely Improved
- IBM Launches Power6 Chip
- JV Plans New Nor Chips
- Drywall is Crumbling
- Economy + Supply
- Alcoa Eyes Greenland
- Olin Absorbs Pioneer
- Arnold Vetoes LNG Plant
- Steel Smelting Soars
- Home Sales Jump in April
- Leadtime Report
- Leadtime Report
- Logistics
- Choose wisely: Not all third-party logistics providers are the same
- Railroads sued for price-fixing
- Business Intelligence-Buyers reporting transportation price hikes in May; Daily cost in mid-May to charter a capesize vessel; Decline in overall rail volumes so far in 2007 vs. 2006
- WMS market mature, but growing
- MRO + Distribution
- More buyers go online to do business with distributors
- Sara Lee centralizes MRO buy, gets suppliers more involved
- Business Intelligence-Buyers using the Internet to find new suppliers; Fasteners available at Amazon's Industrial & Scientific store; Grainger's first quarter 2007 sales; MRO suppliers in Ohio earning awards from Honda of America
- Dolphin Software launches product for MRO buyers
- My Turn
- When forecasting, go with your instincts
- Office
- Consolidate the office equipment buy: fewer suppliers, machines
- Business Intelligence-Growth in the global production workflow software market until 2011; New Xerox office products that meet the EPA's Energy Star requirements ; Target year for Herman Miller to become "100% sustainable"
- Players
- Don Linn, director of purchasing, Vanguard Car Rental Group
- Prices
- Electricity will Sizzle
- Acetic Acid Bubbled
- Ocean Rates may Surge
- Platinum may Hit $1,400
- PPI Keeps Increasing
- SBR has Risen 22%
- Gasoline Flows Upward
- Rubber Inflates Tires
- Kraft Papers are Pushed
- Hynix Yearns for Chip Hike
- Prices
- No Problems with Logic
- Electronic Powders Rise
- Office Rents Up 5%
- Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
- United Pet Group thinks globally, acts locally in managing suppliers
- Trends
- AT&T provides nine metrics no procurement group can live without
- Business Intelligence-Buyers reporting commodity price increases in May; Buyers planning to increase spending in the quarter; Average U.S. price for a gallon of gas on May 21
- Motorola creates integrated supply chain with clear focus, fast results
- Reed purchases BuyerZone
- Software releases aim to improve purchasing staffs' efficiency
- Your Turn
- Tech talk success story
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