Purchasing - March 12, 2009

Devising and executing a successful global sourcing strategy may be the most complex analysis a supply chain organization undertakes. And the irony is, the more you learn about it and the deeper you get into a global sourcing strategy, often the more complex it gets. As companies continue to expand their supply bases, they learn—sometimes the hard way—about the hidden cost pitfalls ...

• Electronics Edition
• Electronics Business Intelligence
• Electronics Distribution Briefs
• Contract Manufacturing
• Electronics outsourcing revenue to fall 9.9% as EMS demand slips
• Electromechanical
• Switch prices will fall; leadtimes remain stable
• Electronics Distribution
• Electronics OEMs look for distributor design help
• Memory ICS
• SRAM prices to decline as demand declines and market shrinks
• Purchasing in Design
• News flash: Cost isn't always Number One
• Semiconductors
• Microprocessor market sees weaker demand in 2008
• Top 10 OEMs buy fewer chips but still account for 35% of overall IC market

• Features
• Chemicals
• Reverse auctions provide good chemistry for Shell
• Contract Management
• Contract management for purchasing: 11 tools for managing contracts
• Industrial Distribution 2009
• Buyers learn from their distributors
• Supply Chain Management
• The risk disconnect: Risk management in purchasing

• Metals
• Metals Industry Business Intelligence
• Metals Chips
• Vale, Baosteel cancel Brazil steel mill
• MAPI economist: steel market will not recover until 2012
• Alloying and Plating Metals
• Alloying and plating metals buyers should enjoy 2009, but beware of prices, supply in 2010
• Stainless Steel
• Enter the buyers' market
• Zink and Lead
• Nonferrous metals markets have gone from deficit to surplus

• News and Departments
• Black Belt Negotiators
• How to get more value from a machine builder
• Chemicals
• Agriculture Department to help suffering ethanol suppliers
• Expert favors ROAs over reverse auctions
• Soda ash prices spike
• Sagging ethanol prices to firm up as producer shakeout continues
• Chemicals Business Intelligence
• Caustic soda prices set to retreat as chlorine prices bottom out
• Corporate Travel
• Compliance to policy, preferred suppliers provides savings opportunities for buyers
• Economy + Supply
• Purchasing Indices Tick Up
• Fewer Firms Eye Layoffs
• Goodyear Cuts Back Production
• Base Metals Surplus Shrinks
• Jobs, Banks Critical Factors
• Arcelormittal Shuts Bar Mill
• No buying surge seen but signs of a pickup are evident
• Industrial Output Down
• Abu Dhabi Firm to Buy Novachem
• Toshiba Buys HDD Business
• Cliffs Cuts Iron Ore Production
• IEA Cuts World Oil Outlook
• IBM Gets Foundry Deal
• Green Energy Needs Money
• Coal Production to Drop
• Economic Recovery Could Start Soon
• Logistics
• Logistics Business Intelligence
• U.S. port cargo traffic forecast to sink in 2009
• Consolidation expected as truckload rates continue down
• Grayling marries 3PL, software to create streamlined inventory model
• LTL carriers continue to report low demand, rate declines
• MRO + Distribution
• Honeywell Specialty Materials automates buying worldwide
• Business Intelligence
• My Turn
• Your growing role in risk management
• Prices
• SRAM Prices to Fall
• PPI, CPI Tick Up
• Pulp Prices Crash
• Iron Ore Prices to Dive?
• Buyers still see no commodity inflation in near future
• Cobalt Prices Off 52%
• DRAM Prices Down 40%
• Lumber Prices Build
• Benzene Prices Increase
• Sheet-Steel Prices Down
• Platinum Price Projections Up
• OCTG Prices Decline
• Rebar Prices Cracked
• BNSF Fined $345M on Rates
• Scale Up: Big Ideas in the Middle Market
• Supplier communication is key at Humphrey Products
• Speaking Out
• Speaking Out: Leverage your data to find ways to save
• Trends
• IFF emphasizes social responsibility in low-cost country sourcing
• Survey finds cost savings potential in meetings spend
• Natural gas prices forecast to stay low
• Purchasing professionals still in demand, but hiring slows
• IBM offers new Green logistics consulting service
• Get energy news in a Flash
• U.S.-China trade volumes plunge in early 2009
• IFF is ahead of the curve in low-cost country sourcing
• CPOs report budget cuts, cost pressures in current market
• Strategic Sourcing Business Intelligence
• Recession may drive re-thinking of some outsourcing deals
• Halliburton pushes Lean Six Sigma to its supply base