Purchasing

Riding Out Global Challenges
Good supply chain risk management considers both procurement and sales and marketing perspectives. Take RAE Systems (Sunnyvale, Calif.), for example. The company, which manufactures products that measure atmospheric contaminants, sells three product categories with significantly different price points.

• Connector industry to grow slightly
• Passives unit shipments rise, tags drop
• Buyer demand for low-cost servers continues to grow
• Delphi demands lowest total cost from suppliers
• EMS industry bottoms out

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