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Articles in September, 1999 issue of Purchasing

• Current-Carrying Wiring Devices -- SIC.(tabular data only)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Office-supplies distributors have formed alliances with providers of online buying systems.(Brief Article)
• IBM to suppliers: How are we doing?
  by Carbone, James
• More U.S. consumers are disconnecting their home telephones and opting for wireless alternatives.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
• The lingering heat wave killing cotton crops in the South won't boost cotton prices.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Acrylic resin makers are trying to raise prices for the first time in two years.(Statistical Data Included)
• Be on the lookout for delayed PC shipments.(Brief Article)
• Be careful with e-mail! It's the leading cause of computer virus infections.(Brief Article)
• PC shipments increase 26%.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Independent distributors move to e-commerce.
• The battle among workstation OEMs continues.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Purchasing pros stumble toward strategic supply management.
  by Milligan, Brian
• Rockwell slashes costs by standardizing on PCs.(Enters agreement with Hewlett-Packard.)(Statistical Data Included)
  by Avery, Susan
• Gibraltar acquires Hi-Temp Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Willow wood may provide fuel.
• Availability tightens, some prices head up.(metals)
• Partners in the Airbus Industrie consortium are talking about turning the European aircraft manufacturer into a single corporate entity.(Brief Article)
• Buyers remain skeptical that Special Metals and Haynes International can implement their announced 5% boost in nickel alloy flat-rolled price tags.
• Prices stable through year-end, then softening.
• Tracking total cost of ownership proves elusive.(Statistical Data Included)
  by Milligan, Brian
• MTBE phaseout will spur ethanol demand.(Brief Article)
• Business sector productivity growth slowed substantially in second quarter.(Statistical Data Included)
• Count on pay raises to average about 4%.
• Need guidance in benchmarking practices?
• Fidelity investments.
• Image quality determines buying decisions.(Brief Article)
• Packaging buyers have online option.(Brief Article)
• TRANSACTION PRICES.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
• Sales of sport utility vehicles as a group continue to increase faster than any other segment of the automotive market.(Statistical Data Included)
• Expect palladium to slide as the year progresses, demand lessens, and supply expands.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Commerce says single-family homes and apartment construction rose a stronger-than-expected 5.7% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.66 million units.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
• Need guidance in benchmarking practices?
• Beware of suppliers that promise Y2K compliance.(Brief Article)
• Power IC market takes off.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Spending on information technology continues to skyrocket.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES.
• Labor's Consumer Price Index, the most closely watched barometer of inflation, edged up just 0.3% in July. The mild gain came after two straight months of flat prices.(Statistical Data Included)
• A.P. Moller-Maersk Line to acquire Sea-Land's shipping business.(Brief Article)
• Was wage gain a fluke?(Statistical Data Included)
• Metal centers get MRO supply deals from Defense.
• Jim Walters, president of Hydro Aluminum Louisville.(Brief Article)
• Creation of the world's largest publicly traded copper company, Asarco Cyprus, opens a fresh chapter in the restructuring of the world copper industry.(Statistical Data Included)
• NAFTA steel colossus still napping.
  by Stundza, Tom
• Real GDP advanced at an annual rate of 2.3% in second quarter 1999.
• World pulp prices are expected to increase this autumn.(Brief Article)
• Plan on suppliers and customers building up inventories late this year.
• Consider asking ocean carriers to waive liability limits.(Brief Article)
• Equistar Chemicals.
• ...while computer output soars.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Internet fax: On the way.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• An executive view of procurement.(Brief Article)
  by Carbone, James
• One in four of the biggest U.S. industrial firms expect supply problems.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
• Corporate personal computers continue to drop in price.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
• Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) prices climbed 162/lb to 62; for dispersion resins recently.(Brief Article)
• Plan on water costs to rise annually for several years.(Brief Article)
• Watch for Internet "buying" auctions to grow.(Brief Article)
• AMD unveils fastest MPU.(Brief Article)
• Customer service is tops with IT buyers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Shippers wary of Y2K plans of foreign air carriers.
  by MILLIGAN, BRIAN
• HP uses card with online buying system to improve efficiency.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
• Index jumps up, but buyers say it won't stay.
• Delphi and Ashimori team up for seat belt business.(Delphi Automotive Systems, Ashimori Industry Co. Ltd.)(Brief Article)
• Market for temporary help is booming.(Brief Article)
• Aluminum firms forecast higher demand growth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
• Dow Chemical has agreed to buy rival Union Carbide for $8.89 billion.
• Precision Specialty Metals has implemented a 7% price hike on stainless steel and nickel-alloy strip products.
• CAPACITY CHANGES.
• Leave the buying of MRO supplies to users!
  by Avery, Susan
• Speed, competition drive outsourcing at Searle.
  by Reilly, Christopher
• Newsprint execs say a planned October price hike will stick.
• Financial markets recoiled in horror when the BLS reported a 1.1% second-quarter gain in its closely watched Employment Cost Index (ECI).(Statistical Data Included)
• If you want to know what to expect in purchasing over the next decade.
• Plan on hotel rates rising about 4% on average next year.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
• CORPORATE CHANGES.
• Rollins Truck Leasing Corp. completes Canadian acquisition.(Brief Article)
• Konica Business Technologies has added a new West Coast Resource Center.(Brief Article)
• Applied Industrial Technologies puts MRO buying on the Internet.(Brief Article)
• The White House worries that small businesses are not doing enough to prepare for Year 2000-related technology problems.(Brief Article)
• Recent price hikes for polymer additives are an attempt to stop this year's price erosion.(Brief Article)
• Global prices for iron ore pellets are down 13% from last year.(Statistical Data Included)

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