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OEM strategic sourcing of direct raw materials through demand forecasts for chemicals, metals, electronic components, pulp and paper, plastics, and oil.
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Heavy truck sales may improve slightly in 2010
Tom Stundza, February 9, 2010
January big-truck sales show no signs of pickup More
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Purchasing's business conditions index at 35-month high
Tom Stundza, February 8, 2010
Buying-plans index also the highest since April 2007 More
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Judge halts Pratt & Whitney outsourcing
Tom Stundza, February 8, 2010Ruling halts jobs moves outside U.S. More -
Volkswagen to build supplier park next to Tenn. plant
Dave Hannon, February 5, 2010VW plans to source more than $300M from Tennessee suppliers More -
Report: U.S. should review helium supply, pricing policies
David Hannon, February 3, 2010U.S. could become net importer of helium by 2015 More -
Natural gas prices could slide in the spring
Tom Stundza, February 3, 2010Excess inventories could deflate market pricing More -
Commodity prices start the month lower
Tom Stundza, February 1, 2010Strong U.S. GDP report dismissed by traders More -
Toyota quality concerns shut down North American production
Dave Hannon, January 27, 2010How did a single part made by a single supplier bring the world's biggest automaker to its knees? More
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Commodities Update
January 15, 2010
Forecasters are bullish about steel output in 2010
Looking for some 2010 steel forecasts? The latest from GFMS has the firm looking...
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Commodities Update
January 8, 2010
It’s a bullish New Year in the metals marketplaces
2010 was off to a strong start on the London Metal Exchange (LME), led by copper,...
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Commodities Update
December 18, 2009
Onward and upward into 2010 with higher steel prices?
Lower Chinese steel production? According to China’s National Bureau of...
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Commodities Update
December 11, 2009
How healthy the recovering economy will be remains an unknown
As we and others have pointed out, the news on the macro side of late is mostly...
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What is wanted and what the market will bear are two entirely different things....
M Propper– 2/1/2010 2:49:31 PM EST
in response to Producers want corrugated-box price increasesAre crude and steel the only commodities you track? I buy many other things and...
Rob– 2/1/2010 2:14:50 PM EST
in response to Commodity prices start the month lowerUse some of the Six Sigma tools, like:FMEA: Failure Modes and Effects...
SERGIO BERRELLEZA– 1/29/2010 7:49:01 PM EST
in response to Toyota quality concerns shut down North American production...I have the fix already, a big RED sticker placed on the dash that reads "In...
shell– 1/29/2010 3:06:31 PM EST
in response to Toyota quality concerns shut down North American production
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John Bradshaw talks about global procurement at Godiva
Hear about: Taking a lead role in sourcing payroll, benefits and other services; partnering with internal customers and turning challenges of working for a mid-sized business into opportunities.
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Success Stories from the Trenches: Collaborative Design Series - Polaris
Purchasing Senior Editor Susan Avery interviews Dave Dickirson, Director of Powertrain Purchasing for Polaris Industries on the company's close design collaboration with fuel system supplier Bosch.
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