Purchasing - October 16, 2008
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Supply Chain Manager of the Year: Paterson spearheads change at IBM
In his distinguished career at Big Blue, chief procurement officer John Paterson has made purchasing more global and strategic to the company, and he has turned it into a profit generator. Paterson is not afraid of change. In fact, in his 39-year career at IBM, Paterson has been an agent of change.
- Electronics Edition
- Electronics Distribution
- EMS requirements can be challenging for distributors
- Electronics Trends
- NOR prices will keep falling
- Chip industry profits shrink
- Electronics Briefs
- Expect price increases for some integrated passive devices in '09
- Electronics Business Intelligence
- The integrated circuit turns 50
- Top EMS Providers
- More consolidation means fewer choices
- Metals
- Metals Industry Business Intelligence
- Metals Chips
- Correction
- Aerospace Metals
- Aerospace metals: Long-term supply will stay tight, keeping buyers on edge
- Aluminum
- Vedanta to spend $9.8 billion to expand capacity
- Base Metals
- Analysts think metals demand may slow from a "confidence crunch"
- Iron Ore
- Vale wants higher Asian iron ore prices; impact in North America unclear
- Market Update
- Precious metals prices in for a fall
- Nickel
- Economist believes nickel demand will improve as year ends
- Nonferrous
- Despite strong demand from China, lead and zinc surplus persists
- Precious Metals
- Platinum prices sliding and may bottom at $1,075/oz
- Specialty Metals
- Allegheny Technologies plans to consolidate sheet units
- Steel
- Nucor to restart Arizona rebar mill
- Shredded scrap steel prices plummet
- Whirlpool links layoffs to "unrelenting" sheet steel prices
- Steel Futures
- Nymex launches Midwest U.S. contract for hot-rolled sheet steel in coil
- News and Departments
- Black Belt Negotiators
- Black Belt Negotiators: How to make "one" bigger than "five"
- Chemicals
- Pricier bulk packaging causes no shake-up in usage patterns
- Chemicals Business Intelligence
- Conference Review: Deloitte economist links risk management and purchasing
- Chemical Supply
- Economy, energy and uncertainty in the air at Chemical Purchasing Summit
- Chemical suppliers declare force majeure after Hurricane Ike hits
- Corporate Travel
- Supplier innovation is at the heart of new managed travel program at Duff & Phelps
- Expense reporting tools help travel buyers manage costs
- Economy + Supply
- Panama Canal Volume Flattens
- Durable Goods Orders Down
- New Homes Sales are Low
- Credit Woes Could Hit Supply
- Polyethylene Demand Stays Strong
- Auto Drives MCU Need
- Gulf Output of Chemicals, Energy Still Down
- Midwest Petroleum Refinery Being Built
- No signs of Autumn pickup in purchasing
- NAND, DRAM Production Cut
- Trucking Market Softens
- Exports Boost Demand for Industrial Controls
- High-End Server Demand Up
- Exports to Slide
- Less Nickel Produced in Asia This Year
- Logistics
- Lack of investment could shrink trucking capacity
- Logistics Business Intelligence
- Stiefel Labs leverages 3PL to fuel major growth
- MRO + Distribution
- Distributors follow purchasing's lead, do more business globally
- MRO Briefs
- MRO Business Intelligence
- My Turn
- Congratulations to John Paterson, Supply Chain Manager of the Year
- Office
- Staples enters the world of small-business IT support
- Office Technologies Business Intelligence
- Prices
- Iron Ore Price Surge Over?
- Hotel Rates Uncertain
- Natural gas prices may be Down
- DRAM Prices Drop
- Buyers paying more for commodities but that may change
- China's Baosteel Cuts Steel Prices
- Wood Product Prices Splinter
- Credit Suisse: "Commodity Prices Down"
- Goldman Sachs Cuts Oil Price Forecast
- Fedex to Boost Express Rates
- Box Makers Oppose Linerboard Price Hike
- Kraton Boosts Elastomer Prices
- Lead Prices To Stay Under 90¢
- Silver Prices Under Study
- Copper Price is An Enigma
- Steel Price Slide Continues
- Trends
- FMC branches out for improved materials forecasting
- Lockheed Martin builds forecasting tool for F-35
- Former Dell CPO Garvin provides insights on procurement success
- Strategic Sourcing Business Intelligence
- Miller named head of strategic sourcing at Whirlpool
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