Purchasing 11/16/2000 Table of Contents

Purchasing - November 16, 2000

NEWS

This ain't your grandfather's purchasing professional

BUYING IN THE OEM

medical technology

Electronics JOLT medical landscape

BUYLINES

Buylines

JIT II Programs

On-site Supplier Can Tackle Purchase Price Variance

BUYLINES

JIT II PROGRAMS

On-site supplier can tackle purchase price variance

PURCHASING SURVEY

Technology advances push up IT budgets

COMPUTER INDUSTRY BUYING

Expect shortages, higher tags to continue

Purchasing Strategy

MicronPC looks to suppliers for key technologies

COMPUTERS, PERIPHERALS and SOFTWARE

PURCHASING NOTES
BRIEFS

CALENDAR

Purchasing technology conference scheduled for January 10-12, 2001

DESKTOP PC MARKET UPDATE

Corporate buyers to purchase more

SOFTWARE SOURCING STRATEGY

New law may impact software negotiation

CONSULTING SERVICES REPORT

Consultants' TOP 12 e-procurement tips

Departments

Job Scene

Integrated ERP Lead to Employee Retention

e-PROCUREMENT

NEWS

ELECTRONICS PURCHASING

Processor shipments to increase 21% in 2000
TTI uses RosettaNet standards with suppliers
Semiconductor industry to grow 37% in 2000
Solectron acquires facilities from SONY Corp.
Expect stable prices for resistor networks

DISTRIBUTION WATCH

Providing information about orders, shipments is key

E-commerce

Buyers want more Web capability from distributors

E-COMMERCE

New exchange launched for spot market buyers

ELECTRONIC BUYING CONDITIONS

Buyers say supply conditions improve
Resistors tags rise

PASSIVES

Tantalum capacitor shortages to ease-in about six months

INSIDE PURCHASING

Take a moment to salute your suppliers

JOB SCENE

Integrated ERP programs lead to employee retention

MRO/DISTRIBUTION

NEWS

OFFICE PRODUCTS and BUSINESS SYSTEMS

PURCHASING NOTES
Canon invests additional $2 billion in technology

BRIEFS

Sharp extends fax line with scan-to-e-mail feature

E-SOURCING STRATEGY

Consolidating the office buy saves 45% a month

IMAGING EQUIPMENT

New digital copiers take on big print jobs

PRODUCT UPDATE

INDUSTRIAL BATTERIES

Exide's acquisition of GNB might push prices higher

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

MICROSOFT

PURCHASING HOTLINE

PURCHASING HOTLINE
PURCHASING HOTLINE

Technology news and analysis for

PURCHASING HOTLINE

PURCHASING SOFTWARE NEWS

Purchasing wants p-cards and e-commerce to work together

SALUTE TO SUPPLIERS

Kaiser Electronics in world-class effort

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

ELECTRONIC CAPACITORS

Price hikes outpace costs

TRANSPORTATION

LTL UPDATE

LTL industry faces rate, hours-of-service challenges

NEWS

Rate hike request sparks shipper skepticism
BRIEFS

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