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  • Steel prices may be reaching bottom
    Price trends on steel, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, DRAM, and diesel fuel. Plus, purchasing salaries rise.
  • Dec  01, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Energy prices drop across the board
    Market price reports for crude oil, natural gas, fuel oil, coal and microcontrollers. Also in this report: oil rig update, global IT and travel spending forecasts.
  • Nov  24, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Steel beam prices drop
    Price trends on steel beams, coking coal, polyurethane, ABS and business air travel. Also, a look at Purchasing's latest business index data and supply news on polyether polyols.
  • Nov  17, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Ocean-freight rates dive, but shippers can’t get credit
    Price trends on Ocean-freight rates, stainless steel, Iron-Ore, lead, semiconductor and NAND flash. Plus credit woes are also stalling nonresidential construction but some buyers are finding a bright side to the credit mess
  • Nov  10, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Business airfares at the highest level ever
    Price trends on diesel, linerboard, polystyrene, cold-rolled sheet steel, and less-than-truckload. Plus, business airfares at the highest level ever with no letup ahead and electronics industry is starting to slow down.
  • Nov  03, 2008,  07:00 AM
  • Design Collaboration: Schneider Electric
    Schneider Electric VP of Supply Management and Purchasing Jeff Wood describes how design collaboration enabled the company to bring an innovative new product to market ahead of schedule and with a $3 million-plus savings.
  • Oct  30, 2008,  09:00 AM
  • Chemicals prices fall
    Prices fall for chemicals, PVC resin, and DRAM, but rail-freight rates will probably rise.
  • Oct  27, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Managing Supply Chain Risk
    Craig Brown, Director of Materials at Intel, John Paterson, IBM's Chief Procurement Officer, along with Eric Johnson of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, discuss supply chain risk management.
  • Oct  23, 2008,  09:00 AM
  • Steel imports are dropping, but they could rise next year
    Price trends on steel, diesel fuel, and batteries. Plus, Purchasing’s Business Index drops again, electronics buyers plan to curtail purchases, and we have a tip for travel buyers negotiating airline rates
  • Oct  20, 2008,  09:08 AM
  • Zinc, lead and copper prices will drop
    Price trends on zinc, lead, copper, aluminum, coal, natural gas, fuel ethanol, methanol, and semiconductors. Plus, the IMF expects a major economic downturn next year and air travel will cost more next year
  • Oct  13, 2008,  07:00 AM
  • Steel prices are dropping
    Price trends on steel, crude oil, coating chemicals, integrated-circuits and NAND flash. Plus, the manufacturing sector is contracting and a railroad merger could improve access to the Midwest
  • Oct  06, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Nickel supply could drop, but prices will stay low
    Price trends for nickel, copper, linerboard, acrylonitrile, and DRAM chips. Plus automotive demand for microcontrollers will grow and travel buyers will encourage more car rentals.
  • Sep  29, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Aerospace-metals consumption dips
    Price trends for aerospace-metals, chemicals, fossil-fuel alternatives, rebar and merchant-bar and NOR flash memory. Plus shrinking profit margins will lead to more proprietary technology
  • Sep  22, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Scrap-steel prices fall
    Price trends for scrap steel, iron ore, tin, jet-fuel and DRAM. Plus P&G wins our Medal of Professional Excellence and PC shipments will grow
  • Sep  15, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Raw materials prices drop, but not end-product prices
    Price trends on raw materials, molybdenum, caustic soda, electronic connectors and semiconductors . Plus, steel-making capacity is expanding, steel demand from the recreational-vehicle market is sliding and business spending increases.
  • Sep  08, 2008,  07:00 AM
  • Sinking zinc prices cause mining cutbacks
    Price trends for zinc, steel, bulk shipping, trucking, electronics, and business travel. Plus, the microprocessor and microelectromechanical systems markets will grow.
  • Sep  02, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Metal fabricators and buyers cautious on the economy
    Price trends on coal, ethylene, rhodium, and DRAM. Plus metal fabricators and buyers cautious on the economy, more globalization of the North American steel industry, information technology spending will grow and competition heats up for EMS and ODM
  • Aug  25, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Mixed forecasts for precious metals prices
    Price trends for precious metals, energy, oriented strand board and travel. Plus, electronics outsourcing is still growing, and semiconductor sales are rising
  • Aug  11, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Stainless steel prices continue to drop
    Price trends for stainless steel, cold-finished steel bar, cobalt, connector, and crude oil. Plus, Toyota localizes production—and sourcing and big-company bankruptcies are at a five-year high
  • Aug  04, 2008,  0:00 PM
  • Zinc prices are heading for a 30% decline
    Sponsored by Motion Industries - includes price trends for zinc, magnesium, steel plate, and acrylonitrile. Plus, ISM says manufacturing expanded a little last month, semi equipment spending is in a double-digit decline...
  • Jul  21, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Commodity price inflation
    Price trends for steel, tubular steel, PVC, printed circuit boards, plus, commodity prices keep rising and Intel reasserts its microprocessor dominance.
  • Jul  07, 2008,  07:00 AM
  • Crude-oil and gasoline prices are up
    Price trends for Crude-oil, gasoline, lumber, wire-rod, NAND flash memory, plus use of renewable energy sources is down and electronics buyers are cutting their inventories
  • Jun  30, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • Procurement helps drive huge product conversion at P&G
    Purchasing's Senior Editor Susan Avery talks with David Zint, Director, Global Packaging Purchases, Procter & Gamble on procurement's role in the company's massive, eight-month conversion of its laundry detergent lines to 2X or 50% compacted versions
  • Jun  30, 2008,  9:00 PM
  • Stainless-steel prices have peaked
    Price trends for stainless steel, pulp, containerboard, raw materials, and semiconductors; plus PC shipments are growing
  • Jun  23, 2008,  08:00 AM
  • GE, IBM, Herman Miller lead green purchasing charge
    John Paterson, CPO for IBM, Scott Charon, Program Manager for the Design for Environment Team at Herman Miller, and Gretchen Hancock of GE Corporate Environmental Programs discuss green procurement and supply chain management
  • Jun  19, 2008,  9:00 PM
  • Steel rebar demand is down, but prices are up
    Price trends on steel rebar, polypropylene, DRAM, LCD displays and aluminum, plus Purchasing’s Business Conditions Index turns negative for third time in seven months
  • Jun  16, 2008,  09:00 AM
  • Steel demand could drop
    Price trends for steel, aluminum, benzene, display drivers, passives, plus semiconductor foundries are not adding capacity, and airlines are cutting capacity—and adding surcharges.
  • Jun  09, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Finally, some good news on steel prices
    Also in this report: market price updates and forecasts for heating oil, transportation costs, and indium, plus subtle shifts detected in pricing conditions for semiconductors and supply conditions for printed circuit boards
  • Jun  02, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Magnesium prices hit $3.35/lb in May
    Also in this report: breaking price news for crude oil, natural gas, bismuth, rhodium, DRAM and dry bulk ocean freight, plus a market update for multilayer ceramic capacitors
  • May  27, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Aluminum prices are climbing
    Also in this report: breaking price news on tin, hot-rolled steel sheet, butadiene and standard logic, plus market updates for aluminum extrusions, semiconductor foundries, and corporate credit cards.
  • May  19, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Speed Demons: IBM Cuts Three Months from Design Cycle Time
    Purchasing's Executive Editor, Electronics Jim Carbone speaks with Sophie Bechu, Vice President, Worldwide Manufacturing, Integrated Supply Chain about her team's work on the recent launch of a new water-cooled supercomputer - the IBM p575
  • May  15, 2008,  9:00 PM
  • More reasons for metals prices to keep inflating
    Also in this report: breaking market price news for stainless steel, DRAM, and diesel fuel; market intelligence relating to linerboard capacity and demand for printing and writing papers; innovation news for semiconductors
  • May  12, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Palladium price hits record high
    Also in this report: breaking market price news for tin, petrochemicals, caustic soda, and DRAM, plus a market update for PC boards and information on Intel's purchasing overhaul and two Purchasing magazine events
  • May  05, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • ISM says manufacturing contracted last month
    Also in this report: breaking price news for tin, aluminum, LCD monitors, uranium plus industrial buyers' pricing expectations, latest news on the U.S. manufacturing economy and a market update for image sensors.
  • Apr  21, 2008,  03:00 AM
  • Metals inflation runs rampant
    Also in this report: breaking price news for copper, wide-flange steel beams, benzene, softwood lumber, and passive electronics components plus a new market forecast for electronics equipment, and new survey data from Purchasing magazine.
  • Apr  14, 2008,  03:00 AM
  • Steel prices keep going up
    Also in this report: breaking market/price news and forecasts for stainless steel, cobalt, ethylene, NAND flash and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
  • Apr  07, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Sulfuric acid prices explode, to $329/ton
    Also in this report: market price alerts for analog microchips, electronic connectors, linerboard, and cut-size office copier paper plus good news from UCLA economists and longer-term supply risk alerts for both corrugated containers and aluminum.
  • Mar  31, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Spot copper prices are near $4 per pound
    Also in this report: market price updates for crude oil, hot-rolled steel plate, and construction materials, plus semiconductor revenues and capacity news for NOR flash memory chips and trucking.
  • Mar  24, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • HR sheet steel could approach $800/ton
    Also in this report: breaking market price news for stainess steel, auto-bundle steel scrap, jet fuel, and NAND flash memory.
  • Mar  17, 2008,  09:00 AM
  • Leaders in Procurement, Cessna Part 1
    As part of Purchasing's Leaders in Procurement interview series, Senior Editor Susan Avery talkswith Cessna's Vice President of Supply Management Don Beverlin on the company's Supply Chain Strategy.
  • Mar  07, 2008,  3:00 PM
  • Leaders in Procurement, Cessna Part 2
    As part of Purchasing's Leaders in Procurement interview series, Cessna's Vice President of Supply Management Don Beverlin comments on the company's participation in the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA).
  • Mar  07, 2008,  2:00 PM
  • Leaders in Procurement, Cessna Part 3
    As part of Purchasing's Leaders in Procurement interview series, Cessna's Vice President of Supply Management Don Beverlin comments on the company's supply base globalization strategy.
  • Mar  07, 2008,  1:00 PM
  • Leaders in Procurement
    How procurement leaders at IBM are handling the demands of supply chain globalization. Purchasing Editor-in-Chief Paul Teague speaks with IBM Chief Procurement Officer John Paterson.
  • Feb  15, 2008,  00:00 AM
  • Mills want $600-plus prices for linerboard
    Also in this report: latest market price info for cut-steel plate, wire rod, methanol, and DRAM devices, revised world economic growth forecast, and new technology that could replace flash memory.
  • Feb  11, 2008,  00:00 AM
  • Sulfur price tags rise to new heights
    Also in this report: industry price moves for synthetic rubber, NAND flash, DRAM, less-than-truckload freight, hotel rooms, and a supply and demand shift for aluminum.
  • Feb  03, 2008,  9:00 PM
  • Design Collaboration: Polaris Industries and Bosch
    Purchasing Senior Editor Susan Avery interviews Dave Dickirson, Director of Powertrain Purchasing for Polaris Industries on the company's close design collaboration with fuel system supplier Bosch.
  • Jan  30, 2008,  9:00 PM
  • Magnesium price rockets up to $2.45 per pound
    Also in this report: industry price moves for steel, copier paper, and polypropylene and market trend updates for microprocessors, passive electronic components, and rail freight.
  • Jan  28, 2008,  06:00 AM
  • Gold price spikes to $913
    Platinum and silver prices are soaring too. Also in this report: industry price forecasts for steel, gasoline, electronic relays, and semiconductors. Plus, power transmission distributors expect strong demand in '08.
  • Jan  21, 2008,  00:00 AM
  • World copper spot price continues to slide
    Latest consensus forecast calls for a $3.14/lb copper price average in '08. Also in this report: price updates for platinum and ethylene, trend outlooks for chemicals prices and technology spending, and Purchasing's 2007 Salary Survey.
  • Dec  17, 2007,  07:00 AM
  • Steel tube makers want a $40/ton price increase
    Also in this report: latest market price data for steel beams, industry updates for semiconductors and aerospace, plus, renewable energy development, tips on avoiding counterfeit parts, and mixed news on the economy.
  • Dec  10, 2007,  07:00 AM
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