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Boeing executive Steven Schaffer is named supply chain manager of the year for the 787 Dreamliner project
Steven Schaffer, vice president and general manager of global partners at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has an interesting weekend hobby. He's rebuilding a 1965 Ford Mustang, all by himself. It's painstaking, complex, hands-on work, and those who know him say the engineer-turned-supply chain professional has been at it for a long time.

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• Suppliers in the coatings market play a bigger role in product development and cost reduction

Electronics Edition Electronics Distribution Catalog electronics distributors look to expand their role Distribution Briefs Electronics Outsourcing EMS industry goes car shopping The EMS top 50 Electronics Trends Buyers can expect stable pricing, delivery for resistor networks Business Intelligence - Electronics Trends Quality needs to be top priority in China Memory IC price erosion weakens semiconductor industry's growth Electronics Briefs Apple cuts BOM cost for new iPod nano Spansion opens new NOR flash factory Analog IC market to drop 2% in 2007 Metals Business Intelligence - Metals Metals Chips Copper Buyers press for on-time deliveries Iron Ore World supply giants seeking 30% price hike for 2008 fiscal year Scrap Steel Scrap steel spot prices are rising 35% this year as supply has tightened Steel Dynamics buys recycler OmniSource to insure supply Scrap Substitute Mesabi Nugget project gets the green light Steel Gerdau Ameristeel makes downstream acquisitions Cargill, Robinson Steel form sheet-processing venture Trent Tube bought by Plymouth Tube Titanium Perryman adds hot-melt capacity Titanium supply will be tight through 2010; expansions won't help immediately

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