Purchasing 06/15/2000 Table of Contents

Purchasing - June 15, 2000

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cutting tools

Stable prices expected for flat market

BUYLINES

Who's News

GRASSROOTS REPORT

Buyers' biz optimism slips, but only a notch

supplier development

Half work with suppliers, half don't

COMPUTERS, PERIPHERALS and SOFTWARE

COMPUTERS, PERIPHERALS AND SOFTWARE

pcs and peripherals distribution

Computer industry serves up asmorgasbord of channel options

Departments

Job Scene

The Perfect Opportunity

E-MEETINGS

Buyers eye online meetings, seminars, trade shows

E-PROCUREMENT NEWS

Boeing plans in-flight Web services starting in 2001
E-BRIEFS
e-BRIEFS
PC makers plan electronics and computer parts e-mart
Six major airlines announce formation of trade exchange
GE Plastics stands alone online
YardConnect maps lumber exchange
Few companies stick their necks out on e-procurement
Aerospace giants-spending $71 billion-create e-biz site
International group creates global steel trade exchange

ASPECT SUMMIT

Visionaries challenge buying execs to embrace e-commerce

purchasing surveyThe truth is out there

Buyers are hot on Internet, wary about e-procurement

SUCCESS STORIES

Moving Procter & Gamble into e-procurement
Dana stakes out leading position in e-procurement

WHO'S NEWS

Richter resurfaces on dot.com board

consumer electronics

Demand for chips by CE manufacturers grows

PURCHASING STRATEGY

Thomson uses value analysis to lower functional cost

SEMICONDUCTORS

Demand for standard logic rises, but tags stay stable

job scene

The Perfect Opportunity?

MRO/DISTRIBUTION

NEWS

office buying strategies

TECHNOLOGY

Tech buyers rise to the challenge of selecting acapable supplier

OFFICE BUYING STRATEGIES

TECHNOLOGY PROFILE

Strategic sourcing sizes up suppliers based on service

OFFICE PRODUCTS and BUSINESS SYSTEMS

OFFICE PRODUCTS AND BUSINESS SYSTEMS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPORT

Market :Opportunity for sound sourcing

procurement cards

Cards, online ordering streamline purchasing

PRODUCT UPDATE

Rental services

Rental market continues gaining momentum

PURCHASING HOTLINE

PURCHASING SOFTWARE NEWS

REVERSE E-AUCTIONS

E-auction model morphs to meet buyers' needs

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

RECONSTITUTED WOOD

An argument for price relief

TRANSPORTATION

NEWS

Rates on the rise for exports to Asia

TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION

Transportation exchanges take off

VERTICAL MARKETS

MRO buyers flock to Internet, but few change the way they work
Go slow with prototype dot.coms
Chemical dot.coms

E-PROCUREMENT: CHEMICALS

E-market makers scramble to add value for buyers

E-PROCUREMENT: COMPUTERs

Computer buyers are urged: Try it, you'll like it!

E-PROCUREMENT: CORPORATE TRAVEL

More companies provide online booking destinations

E-PROCUREMENT: ELECTRONICS

Some buyers source large volumes online

E-PROCUREMENT: METALS

Boom or bust?

E-PROCUREMENT: OFFICE SUPPLIES

All or nothing!

E-PROCUREMENT: PROTOTYPES

Service bureaus offer savings on the Web

PURCHASING CALL

You ain't seen nothing yet

PURCHASING'S CALL

Services will lure buyers

Q and A: METALS E-PROCUREMENT

Answers about Web-based commerce

WHAT'S INSIDE

Why top execs love e-buying

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