Purchasing in the cut-throatworld of high technology
By Staff -- Purchasing, 4/23/1998
People who purchase and manage supply for electronics companies face a unique set of challenges. Their companies are typically racing an accelerating clock in a quest to bring new products to market ahead of the competition. A good technology decision can send an electronics firm--and its stakeholders--into new stratospheres of wealth and prosperity. A bad technology decision can quickly sink a firm in-to oblivion. The supply chain is only as good as its weakest link, and nobody knows this better than electronics buyers."Those who purchase or manage supply in the electronics industries and marketplaces face many of the same problems and challenges as their functional colleagues operating in other industries and marketplaces. But, because of the highly competitive nature of the electronics industries, electronics buyers often are at the cutting edge of supply strategy issues," observes Purchasing Magazine's editorial director, James P. Morgan.
For this reason, Purchasing has compiled into book format a series of articles on Electronics Buying Strategies. For buyers of all types, the book is meant to provide "a lode of useful nuggets"--ideas and approaches to purchasing in the electronics field. "You may not find answers to your problems," says Morgan, "but you will be able to look over the shoulders of those who have struggled with similar or related problems."
In the book, Purchasing examines--
* How high-tech buyers use the strengths of their suppliers to make their companies more competitive.
* The significance of supply-base consolidation, and some of the problems that go along with it.
* The role of supplier partnering and supplier alliances in making new supply management strategies work.
* The role high-tech buyers play in bringing new technology into their companies.
* Outsourcing, contract manufacturing, and the role of distributors.
* Buyers and forecasting.
* Issues in quality control.
* Buyers and their new non-traditional corporate roles.
The companies covered in this volume include: Sun Microsystems, Compaq, Gateway, Digital, Tektronix, IBM, Bay Networks, Micron, Cisco, and Solectron.
To order your copy, send $26.50 (check or money order) to Electronics Buying Strategies, Purchasing Magazine, P.O. Box 497, New Town Branch, Boston, Mass. 02258. For credit card orders call (617) 558-4348 (Amex, Visa, and Mastercard accepted).
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