Purchasing - June 18, 2009

Implementing a supplier awards program can bring benefits long after the hand shakes and photo ops are past. When properly designed, implemented and pushed out, a supplier awards program can serve as an extension of a company's supplier performance and relationship management strategy. With that in mind, Purchasing has selected four companies to provide a much deeper look at what works in suppl...

• Electronics Edition
• Electronics Industry Business Intelligence
• Expect longer ceramic capacitor leadtimes as demand picks up
• Electronics Distribution
• Rochester Electronics finds success in discontinued parts even during downturns
• Green Purchasing
• Get ready for REACH and RoHS 2
• Memory ICs
• DRAM prices plunge in first quarter
• Semiconductors
• Standard logic prices may rise in third quarter despite downturn
• Demand growth to return for core silicon chips
• Prices for transistors, analog chips to stabilize as demand rises

• Features
• Purchasing takes the wheel to control fleet costs
• Black Belt Negotiators
• Special Report: The fine art of negotiations
• Special Report: Suppliers prepare for negotiations too
• Chemicals
• BASF procurement gets deep into R&D

• Metals
• Metals Industry Business Intelligence
• Heavy Steel
• Federal stimulus program falls short of boosting plate, beams demand
• Metal Parts
• Metal parts supply base seizes up

• News and Departments
• Chemicals
• Recession brings rubber prices down, but buyers stay on the sidelines
• Chemical Industry Business Intelligence
• Ethanol supply chain continues to morph
• Corporate Travel
• New opportunities open up for buyers negotiating rates with hotels for 2010
• Economy + Supply
• Silicon Shipments Dip
• Dow Rolls in Rohm & Haas
• Construction Spending Up
• Semi Capex Down for Now
• Some buyers getting more optimistic (Buyers' 30-day buying plans)
• Manufacturing Perks Up
• Aluminum Supply Cutback Seen
• Logistics
• Consolidation looms in WMS market
• New logistics strategy, partner cuts costs for midmarket manufacturer
• Logistics Industry Business Intelligence
• Capacity, carriers continue to disappear in truckling freight slump
• MRO + Distribution
• MRO Industry Business Intelligence
• MRO Briefs
• Buyer interest in outsourcing MRO picks up steam in down economy
• My Turn
• The art and science of negotiations
• Office
• Environmentally friendly office products help reduce costs
• Office Products + Technologies Business Intelligence
• Regus Group counts on supplier relationship for efficiency
• Prices
• Gas Price Rally Will Soon End
• Container Rates Down
• Stainless Steel Prices All Over the Map
• LCD Prices Up
• Oil Prices Forecast to Rise
• Buyers report some selective commodity price increases (National, recent price trend)
• Natural Gas Prices Down
• Titanium Dioxide Prices Up
• Potash Prices Up 76% in A Year
• Zinc Prices Up
• Truckload Rates to Drop
• NAND Prices Dip
• Posco Gets Iron Ore Price Cut
• Trends
• Strategic Sourcing Business Intelligence
• Credit markets continue to loosen
• ISM 2009: Best Practices abound
• How to merge P-card programs for long-term success
• NABE survey shows recession is abating
• Monitoring supplier health key to automotive parts maker
• Report: U.S. highway system in need of more funding