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With scrap steel costs setting records, buyers say steel price spike isn't over
News | www.purchasing.com | Jun 12, 2008
The heavy steel arena is operating under a new paradigm: Demand is strong, supply is tight, costs of energy and scrap break records monthly, current transaction prices are higher than ever before and future prices could be even higher. Even buyers see further inflation ahead with 75% of those
http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6565971.html?industryid=48389
In a down economy, opt for demand-pull strategies that lead to inventory reductions
News | www.mbtmag.com | Apr 1, 2008
Inventories—especially for finished goods—are a major concern for everyone in an extended supply chain, especially whenever there's threat of an economic downturn. Such a scenario seems to patently justify the adoption of demand-driven or “pull” fulfillment strategies tied directly to customer
Solutions for smarter, mobile supply chains
News | www.mmh.com | Sep 1, 2004
The VX5 vehicle-mount computer features a display that goes to the edge for over 12 inches of viewing. It operates on Windows 2000 Professional and XP Professional and uses a Pentium III processor.
Will the Oil Crisis Fuel Near-Sourcing?
News | www.worldtrademag.com | Jan 1, 1970
Some companies are finding that higher transportation costs are eroding the benefits of manufacturing overseas.
http://www.worldtrademag.com/CDA/Articles/Feature_Article/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000411354
SDCExec.com - Article - Stop. Collaborate and Listen
-based technology consultancy Aberdeen Group. If you put out a bad product, you might not get a chance to put out a second one. Collaborative designing is about getting it right the first time.
http://www.sdcexec.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=1545&pageNum=1
Two New CAM Features Deliver Real World Savings: MMSOnline.com
Many operations throughout the world are seeking to lower production costs and raise flowthrough. ComputerAided Manufacturing (CAM) offers a means to increase productivity and, as a result, improve customer service and delivery as well.
http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/two-new-cam-features-deliver-real-world-savings.aspx
EMS firm Plexus leverages integrated inventory optimization
News | www.purchasing.com | Oct 18, 2007
If ever there was an industry that had to balance inventory right, it was contract manufacturing. While most manufacturing companies face challenges in trying to maintain ideal inventory levels to meet ever-changing demand levels (given that forecasts can never be 100% accurate), the challenge is
The New Distribution Hot Spots
News | www.purchasing.com | Apr 20, 2006
For most electronics distributors, 2005 was definitely not a boom year. On the other hand, it wasn't a bust either. North American revenue for the top 75 electronics distributors grew last year to a modest 3.6% to $23 billion. Distributors say it could have been worse because business in the first
http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6324646.html?industryid=2147
Liquid crystal display tags fall as demand weakens
News | www.purchasing.com | Sep 16, 2004
Prices for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have plunged as demand has weakened. The good news for electronics purchasers is that the buyers' market will continue at least through the year as more capacity comes online. It has been a reversal of fortune for LCD makers. For the past six quarters,
http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA454032.html?industryid=48381
How Federal Signal buys
News | www.purchasing.com | Sep 16, 2004
The ongoing success in purchasing efficiency at Federal Signal Corp.—a system that yielded a total realized material cost reduction of $8.7 million in 2003—can be traced to the "bold goal" directive of longtime chief executive Joe Ross. In 1998, then-chairman Ross challenged purchasing managers
http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA454043.html?industryid=48372
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