Purchasing - August 16, 2007

Anyone wondering about the business case for supplier diversity programs should talk to Joan Kerr. The executive director of supplier diversity at AT&T says that in 2006 the company documented that supplier diversity was a factor in generating $11 billion in revenue. "We were able to show clearly that supplier diversity is helping us in sales enablement and revenue generation," says Kerr, w...

• Chemicals Edition
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• World Tour
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• Metals
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• Metals Chips
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• Titanium
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• News and Departments
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• Economy + Supply
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• Signs That the Housing Market is Not Turning Around
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• iPhone is Packed with Chips
• Economy + Supply
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• CVC Capital Buys Univar
• China to Limit Exports
• OPEC: Pumps Are Ready
• Eastman Expands Capacity
• Capacitors Harder to Source
• Logistics
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• The Economics of Geography
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• My Turn
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• Office
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• Prices
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• Copper Price to Rise
• No Letup for Rail Rates
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• Uranium Price Off Peak
• Producer Prices Fall
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• Toshiba Reviews NAND Tags
• Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
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• Texas Instruments trains buyers on global negotiating skills
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