Purchasing 11/04/1999 Table of Contents

Purchasing - November 04, 1999

AUTOMOTIVE/OEM

NEWS

BUYING ENERGY

CLARIFICATION

ENERGY INFORMATION, PART II

Tools for developing energy data warehouses

BUYING IN THE OEM

PART VI: purchasing in the medical oem

Buyers face NEW supply challenges

BUYLINES

Despite attempts to break them, functional silos live on
CAPS launches Project 10X to move sourcing/supply on fast track
To self-declare or not? That is the question
Purchasing publishes book on non-traditional buying

BENCHMARKING

Single sourcing--Part II

SEMICONDUCTORS

Chip market tightens, allocations already begin

WASHINGTON PERSPECTIVE

Budget politics threaten ten-year surplus forecast

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

COMPUTERS, PERIPHERALS & SOFTWARE

BRIEFS

PC SOURCING STRATEGIES

Purchasing budgets for PCs & software get boost in 2000

PURCHASING NOTES

SOFTWARE SOURCING STRATEGIES

What buyers need to know about negotiating software agreements

CPI EDITION

BUYER'S NEWS

Buyers say price increases are way up
Strong demand, tight supply prompt price hikes
Biggest buying problems:
Items in short supply:
Volatile market looks to new methods of supply
PRICE INCREASES
Arch Chemicals
High-cost containers for high-value products
Phillips Petroleum
Russell-Stanley Corp.
Bayer Corp.
Ashland Specialty Chemical Co.
International Specialty Products (ISP)
General Chemical
Praxair Surface Technologies
PPG Industries
Merichem Chemicals & Refinery Services
EEC International
Uniroyal Chemical Co.
DuPont
Producers call for 1¢/lb price hike
Demand to reach 4%/yr
CAPS studies spending in food, beverage industries
Chemicals on the Internet

CHEMFORECAST

Rising inventories reduce price pressure

CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION

The changing face of chemical distribution

CHEMICAL TRANSACTION PRICES

Purchasing transaction price survey results
Index rises, but buyers see a fall ahead
Plastic resin prices
LEADTIMES

SPECIALTY/FINE CHEMICALS

Strong demand will raise prices

ELECTRONICS PURCHASING

Taiwan quake cost foundry business millions
Cell phones drive tantalum cap demand
Connector industry sees meager growth
ELECTRONICS PRICES

BUYING FOR COMPUTERS

Purchasers must now deal with tight market

E-COMMERCE

Reverse auction should drive prices down
Processor market to grow 18% as price cutting eases

ELECTRONIC BUYING CONDITIONS

Expect more semiconductor shortages soon
Resistor manufacturing costs drop

ELECTRONICS BRIEFS

Flextronics expands in Europe
Agreement finalized

INSIDE PURCHASING

Why purchasing spends a lot of money

METALS

NEWS

STEEL BAR MARKET

NEWS

BRIEFS

MRO/DISTRIBUTION

TRANSPORTATION

Companies strive for JIT with small-package shipping

OFFICE PRODUCTS & BUSINESS SYSTEMS

BRIEFS

Pitney-Bowes demos new technology at Postal Forum

GLOBAL SOURCING

MasterCard creates global sourcing unit to manage office spending

MULTIFUNCTION PRODUCTS

Spending on copier-based MFPs tops $1 billion--and is growing

PURCHASING NOTES

ON THE INTERNET

Site offers bulk chemical buying on the Web

PRODUCT UPDATE

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Market is booming but pricing is stable

PROCUREMENT CARDS

Card companies create alliances and new services

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Aetna Bearing Company

PURCHASING HOTLINE

ECONOMY

MARKETS

PRICES

RECYCLING RESOURCES

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

FORECASTS

STRATEGIC COST INSIGHTS

Prices for die castings rise

Purchasing

Purchasing - November 04, 1999

AUTOMOTIVE/OEM

BUYING ENERGY

BUYING IN THE OEM

BUYLINES

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

COMPUTERS, PERIPHERALS & SOFTWARE

CPI EDITION

ELECTRONICS PURCHASING

INSIDE PURCHASING

METALS

NEWS

OFFICE PRODUCTS & BUSINESS SYSTEMS

ON THE INTERNET

PRODUCT UPDATE

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

PURCHASING HOTLINE

RECYCLING RESOURCES

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

THE TOP 250

TRANSPORTATION

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