Purchasing - October 15, 2009
- Electronics Edition
- PC shipments will grow 12.6% in 2010
- PCB production to drop 20% in '09
- Weak demand means lower prices and short leadtimes for resistors
- LG outsources more as it globalizes its supply chain
- Intel expands its processor market share lead over AMD
- EMS industry will see a slow recovery
- Electronics Briefs
- NOR flash memory prices will stabilize as demand picks up
- Chip equipment buying will rise 39.1% in 2010
- Business Intelligence
- OEMs placing punitive terms into outsourcing contracts
- Electronics Distribution
- Smaller EMS providers want inventory market advice from distributors
- Features
- News and Departments
- Novelis is sole sheet supplier for new Jaguar XJ
- ArcelorMittal Dofasco investing $16 million to improve air quality
- Metal Chips
- Business Intelligence
- North American demand is down 20% this year, keeping prices below '08 levels
- Platinum Equity buys cable subsidiary
- Chemicals
- Business Intelligence
- Stressed bulk packagers stay afloat by offering cost savings
- Energy strategy is complex due to competing challenges
- Exxon expands in China
- Dow Chemical to slash production with plant closures by year-end
- Corporate Travel
- Travel procurement professionals seek and find new ideas at NBTA conference
- Economy + Supply
- Consumer Spending Jumps
- Ethanol Suppliers Expand
- Fiat to Buy More in India
- Potash may go Oversupply
- Corporate purchasing plans still appear to be cautious (Buyers' 30-day buying plans)
- Natgas Stocks Hit High
- Tin Supply OK after Quake
- GDP Heads Right Direction
- India Exports More Ore
- Steel Sheet Demand is Up
- Schulman Expands in Mexico
- Outsourcing Grows
- Fab Utilization Up
- More Analog Chips Coming
- Logistics
- LTL market remains in a state of flux
- Reliance Network gets DOJ's okay to bid collectively
- Freight demand shows more signs of pickup
- Survey: Rail shippers growing tired of carrier pricing tactics
- Business Intelligence
- Shippers beware: Gridlock ahead
- Con-way launches regional truckload offering
- MRO + Distribution
- Business Intelligence
- MRO Briefs
- MRO buyers initiate storeroom clean up to cut downtime costs
- Industrial distributors publish new product catalogs for 2010
- My Turn
- John MacLean, Supply Chain Manager of the Year
- Office
- New MFP features and software help boost security in the office
- Business Intelligence
- Prices
- Coal Prices may Head Up
- Buyers says higher raw materials prices are starting to hold (National, recent price trend)
- NAND Prices Up
- TiO2 Price Hikes Pushed
- Bulk Freight Rates Sink
- Travel Inflation Continues
- Parity in Pricing
- Gold may Dip in Q4
- Acetone Ticks Up
- Copper Hike Projected
- Wire Rod Hikes Pushed
- Nickel Outlook Boosted
- Buyers Reject Chip Price Hikes
- Speaking Out
- The offense and defense of cost optimization
- Trends
- Chemical Purchasing Summit brings forecasts, strategy for chemical buyers heading into 2010
- Kraft Foods unveils procurement moves
- International Switchgear turns onto MRO cost control
- CSCMP 2009: Cautious optimism drives supply chain planning
- Business Intelligence
- Purchasing professionals meet, innovate at OfficeMax IMAGINE2009 event
- Blackmer Pump gets suppliers involved early in product design
- What's Your problem?
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