Purchasing 12/10/1998 Table of Contents

Purchasing - December 10, 1998

1998 Salary Survey

Top pay levels keep going up

Automotive

News

Book outlines Honda's supply strategy

AUTOMOTIVE/OEM

NEWS

Biggest problem for aerospace industry buyers: Deliveries

BUYING ENERGY

NEWS

Capacity 'hot spots' in electric power

Buying Energy

News

Get certified to buy energy

BUYLINES

Asian flu has many side effects
Buyers oppose drastic trade protection
Coming Up
Who's News
EU pushes for ban on non-metric labeling

GRASS ROOTS REPORT

Economic malaise spreads, with pockets of strength

REGULATION WATCH

OSHA moves on ergo rule

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

Gloom spreads, but hope lives on in some corners

CAREERS

BEST COMPANIES OF 1998

Best places to work

STRATEGIES

Purchasing careers get redefined

Computers, Business Systems and Office Products

BRIEFS

Minolta adds new model to digital office line

CONVERGING DIGITAL PERIPHERALS

As technologies converge, so do supplier strategies

INTERNET SOURCING STRATEGIES

OBI system enhances card program benefits

MARKETPLACE

Are corporate buyers ready to replace monochrome units?

CPI Edition

Buyer's News

CPI EDITION

BUYER'S NEWS

Biggest buying problems
Items in short supply

CHEMFORECAST

Availability keeps prices flat

CHEMICAL TRANSACTION PRICES

Purchasing transaction price survey results

Chemical Transaction Prices

Index inches back up--slightly
Polymer resins

CHLOR-ALKALI

Will the buyer's market continue?

CPI Edition

Chlor-Alkali

With chlorine leaving....

CPI EDITION

PULP & PAPER

Quality assurance keeps suppliers consistent

Electronics Purchasing

AMP, Motorola to develop 'mechatronic' connectors
Strong growth for communications ICs
Nortel evaluates its outsourcing strategy
Electronics Prices
Telecom looks at Linux
Passives demand: Slow, but steady
Solid growth for 'smart cards'
Asia's woes impact board makers, CMs
Distributor Briefs
Rechargeables: More energy, less cost
SIA: Chip market to grow 10.9% in 1999

ASICs

Price per gate will drop

Distribution Watch

Outlook is brighter in 1999

DRAM Watch

Samsung develops 144 Mb RDRAM

ELECTRONIC BUYING CONDITIONS

Will the buyer's market end soon?

Electronic Buying Conditions

Connector tags rise

ELECTRONICS BRIEFS

Micron Electronics cuts tags

Electronics Briefs

Zips not just for PCs anymore
Corning expands

HOTLINE

Economy

Markets

Prices

INSIDE PURCHASING

Transaction processors: Expand your skills!

internet report.com

Buyers strike sourcing GOLD on the Internet
Seven tips for better Web searches
Internet Profile
Internet Profile
internet profile
Internet Profile
Internet Profile
MetalSite chief says mills should do business on the Net
A sampling of metals Web sites
Career sites for buyers
Purchasing Online: Built for buyers

E-COMMERCE--STRATEGIES

IBM moves procurement to the Web--big time!

Electronics

There's more to e-commerce than POs

JOBS

Variety of Web services makes job searching easy

METALS

Metals buyers use Net for supplier research

MRO/DISTRIBUTION

To manage catalog content, distributors form partnerships

TRAINING--INTRANETS

Online training may become preferred method

TRANSPORTATION/LOGISTICS

Internet applications are on the move

Job Scene

First quarter brings good news for job seekers

METALS

Chips
Chips

ALLOYING & PLATING METALS

There's plenty, and it's staying cheap

Metals

Alloying & Plating Metals

Demand slump hits ferroalloys

METALS

NEWS

Copper can't escape price doldrums

News

NEWS

Buying to hold steady for early '99

News

Chips

MRO/DISTRIBUTION

NEWS

American Express sets stage for global buying in Europe

MRO/Distribution

News

Why aren't more buyers purchasing MRO globally?

ON THE INTERNET

NEWS

'Buy-side' e-commerce solution promises right stuff

On the Internet

News

International manufacturer puts MRO buys online

PRODUCT UPDATE

INTEGRAL MOTORS

It's a buyer's market

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Allied Signal

Purchasing Software News

Recycling Resources

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

BUYING PLANS/PRICE EXPECTATIONS

FORECASTS

GDP surprises in Q3...

Forecasts

...as consumers confound...
...and business limits outlays

STRATEGIC COST INSIGHTS

Glass price trend shows cracks

TRANSPORTATION

Third-party logistics use growing

NEWS

Cost to ship from Asia may rise as much as 30%

News

Yellow buys Action Express
Con-Way enters logistics business

RAIL REPORT

Railroads hemorrhaging in wake of mergers

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