Purchasing 09/02/1999 Table of Contents

Purchasing - September 02, 1999

AUTOMOTIVE/OEM

NEWS

BUYING ENERGY

U.S. has fifth highest electricity prices in world
NUS International electricity cost comparison

PURCHASING PARTNERSHIPS

BUYLINES

BENCHMARKING

Is benchmarking a worthwhile pursuit?

BUYING STRATEGY

Falling costs give buyers negotiating leverage

COST MEASUREMENT

Tracking total cost of ownership proves elusive

GRASSROOTS BUSINESS SURVEY

Price tags rise in some segments, fall in others

JIT II PROGRAMS

The New Age supplier

NEGOTIATION PERSPECTIVE

Dirty tricks persist despite era of win-win relationships

WASHINGTON PERSPECTIVE

Politicized domain-name war threatens e-commerce growth

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS--PART V

What it takes to make a team

CPI EDITION

BUYER'S NEWS

Chemforecast

Diverse markets provide moderate growth

CHEMICAL TRANSACTION PRICES

CPI Edition

PHARMACEUTICAL INTERMEDIATES

Genzyme remakes purchasing to maximize supply value

CPI EDITION

PHARMACEUTICALS

Speed, competition drive outsourcing at Searle

INSIDE PURCHASING

Links with suppliers key to JIT success

METALS

NEWS

NORTH AMERICAN STEEL

NAFTA steel colossus still napping

STEEL TRADE

Buyers, mills don't see eye to eye on 'crisis'

MRO BUYING REPORT

Leave the buying of MRO supplies to users!

PRODUCT UPDATE

E-commerce partnerships offer more data for buyers

SERVICE UPDATE

Market for temporary help is booming

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

PURCHASING HOTLINE

ECONOMY

MARKETS

PRICES

RECYCLING RESOURCES

STRATEGIES

INDIRECT SOURCING

Taking control of 'indirect' corporate spending

JUST-IN-TIME

What's it going to take to make it

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

BUYING PLANS/PRICE EXPECTATIONS
LEADTIMES

FORECASTS

STRATEGIC COST INSIGHTS

Plywood prices, margins up

TRANSPORTATION

NEWS

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