Purchasing 12/22/2000 Table of Contents

Purchasing - December 22, 2000

Departments

Job Scene

Holiday Hiring Remains Healthy

e-PROCUREMENT

NEWS

E-BRIEFS
EDI's very cloudy future

E-PROCUREMENT REAL COMPANIE'S STORIES

BETHLEHEM STEEL

Steel outfit begins e-biz with e-buying

EDS CANADA

IT firm uses reverse auction for big contract labor buy

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE

Centralized system creates big volumes, saves money

KAMAN AEROSPACE CORP.

Aerospace firm goes 'user-friendly' to woo suppliers

MSSC

Bid exchange means savings

OWENS CORNING

Materials maker streamlines and saves with online buying

PROCTER and GAMBLE

Consumer giant employs e-commerce to lower costs

RAYTHEON CO.

Technology catches up with defense firm's ambitions

ROHM and HAAS

Specialty chemicals firm unifies with e-procurement

E-PROCUREMENT REAL COMPANIES STORIE'S

KEYCORP

Financial services company blends buy and sell sides

Electronics

What's Hot

Semiconductors

Chip industry grows to $200 billion

ELECTRONICS PURCHASING

Buyers can expect more standard-cell ASICs
Li-ion volatility problem raises its head

ELECTRONIC BUYING CONDITIONS

Component supply should improve in 2001
Expect lower prices

RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

It's a buyer's market for NiCd and NiMH cells

Information Technology

WHAT'S HOT

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

PURCHASING NOTES

PRODUCTS

Hitachi demos Web-enabled digital printer and copier

Information Technology

Technology Update

Portables pack more power

BUSINESS FORMS

Supply base expands to fit definition of 'forms'

ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCING

Distributors help with green efforts

PRODUCTS

Panasonic adds scanning to digital network copiers
Konica introduces MFP for workgroups
Francotyp-Postalia launches cost-accounting program

PRODUCT UPDATE

Programmable Controllers

Suppliers add capability

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PURCHASING HOTLINE

SOURCING STRATEGY

Purchasing shows one face to suppliers

Strategies

Lucent's supply strategies EVOLVE

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS

Who can control prices?

TECHLINES

Techlines

JIT II Programs

JIT II in Mexico

TECHLINES

JIT II PROGRAMS

JIT II in Mexico

PURCHASING ON THE WEB

Is 'purchasing' an outmoded title?

VISION 2010

WHAT'S INSIDE

First, the right incentives

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Purchasing - December 22, 2000

Departments

e-PROCUREMENT

E-PROCUREMENT REAL COMPANIE'S STORIES

E-PROCUREMENT REAL COMPANIES STORIE'S

Electronics

ELECTRONICS PURCHASING

Information Technology

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Information Technology

INSIDE PURCHASING

Job Scene

OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES

PRODUCT UPDATE

Purchasing 2010

PURCHASING HOTLINE

SOURCING STRATEGY

Strategies

SUPPLY INSIGHTS

TECHLINES

Techlines

TECHLINES

VISION 2010

WHAT'S INSIDE

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