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Articles in April, 2004 issue of Purchasing

• Canon unveils new copiers to meet demand for color.(Multifunction Products )(imageRUNNER C6800 )(Brief Article)
• Stanford weighs in.(Build vs. Buy)(Original Equipment Manufacturer )(Brief Article)
• Normally, the Canadian and U.S. economies move in.(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)
• Alphabetical listing.(top 75 electronics distributors)(Directory)
• Expect to see higher prices soon for aluminum electrolytic capacitors.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
• Mill products.(Brass-Bronze)(Directory)
• Leaders in passive/EM sales.(top 75 electronics distributors)(ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS MANUFACTURERS)(Illustration)
• RF transistors move to plastic packaging.(RF ICS)(Brief Article)
• Be privy to secrets of a successful integrated supply agreement!(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)
• Powder metal parts producers.(Directory)(Buyers Guide)
• The world price average for lead was 23 cents/lb in 2003.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
• PeopleSoft.(Version *.*: latest sourcing software releases)
• Toyota Motor Corp. is likely to sell a hybrid version of its best-selling Camry by 2006.(Supply: what's happening in markets)(Brief Article)
• A letter to the metals industry about purchasingdata.com.(Editorial)
  by Stundza, Tom
• Purchasing's Business Activity Index continued its climb in March 2004.(Economy: how supply managers see business)(Brief Article)
• New tech tools for better decisions.(inside purchasing)
  by Smock, Doug
• China has mavens calling for $1 cathode in 2004.(Copper)
  by Stundza, Tom
• Purchasingdata.com's electronics forward demand indicator.(Economy: how supply managers see high-tech business)(Illustration)
• Purchasingdata.com's electronics business indicator.(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
• Nonfranchised distributors are cautious about 2004.(top 75 electronics distributors)
• New display technologies are about to transform the rear-projection television sector.(Supply: what's happening in high-tech supply chains)(Brief Article)
• Section: I metals producers.(A-Plus Galvanizing Inc.-MI Home Products, Inc.)(Directory)
• The long-awaited era when people can make phone calls over the Internet.(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)
• Broadband is available to 89% of all U.S. households.(Supply: what's happening in markets)(Brief Article)
• Recent increases in raw materials pricing, notably benzene and natural gas.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
• Amerigon Inc.(Brent W. Jump)(Brief Article)
• Mill products.(Steel)
• What's hot.
  by Avery, Susan
• The power to ask "what if?" A growing breed of technology solutions allows sourcing organizations to ask complex questions and obtain mathematically rigorous answers with unprecedented speed.(decision support)
  by Porter, Anne Millen
• Contracting mistakes.(Murray's law)
  by Murray, John, Jr.
• Fed interest-rate patience is not unlimited, according to Atlanta Fed President Jack Guynn.(Economy: how supply managers see high-tech business)(Brief Article)
• Purchasingdata.com's analog digital converters 30-day price expectations.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
• Become world class in supply management.(seminars on purchasing sponsored by corporates)
• Distributors toughed it out in 2003; see growth in 2004.(Trends in Distribution, electronics distributors)
• Leaders in computer product sales.(top 75 electronics distributors)(Illustration)
• Original design manufacturing (ODM) is a hot segment in the worldwide electronic.(Supply: what's happening in high-tech supply chains)(Brief Article)
• Section IV: distributor geographic locator.(Alabama-Ohio)(Directory)
• Section I: metals producers.(Michigan Seamless Tube LLC-Wismarcq Corp.)(Directory)
• Several bleached board producers have begun talking.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Container industry)(Brief Article)
• PolyOne Corp.( Mark G. Simmons )(Brief Article)
• Titanium dioxide (Ti[O.sub.2]) sales into global plastics markets are expected to grow.(Supply: what's happening in markets)(Brief Article)
• Die castings.(Directory)(Buyers Guide)
• Purchasingdata.com's Leadtime Index, all commodities.(Economy: how supply managers see business)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
• Low selling prices remain rampant in the paperboard and paper-based packaging markets.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
• Who's got strategic sourcing on the brain?(buylines)(Brief Article)
• Value-added services drive distributor sales.(top 75 electronics distributors)
• Avnet gets IBM ASICs.(Short Circuits)(application specific integrated circuit )(Brief Article)
• Despite booming demand.(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)
• AK Steel.(wins Toyota Motor Mfg. award for North America for Superior Quality and Delivery)(Brief Article)
• Industrial energy consumers are considering switching to liquefied natural gas.(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)
• The U.S. plastics processing industry's trade deficit.(Supply: what's happening in markets)(Brief Article)
• Recent upward commodity price moves are starting to push the general inflation.(Economy: how supply managers see business)(Brief Article)
• SciQuest Inc.(Version *.*: latest sourcing software releases)
• Modine Manufacturing Co.(received award)(Brief Article)
• Metals Sourcing Guide 2004, in print and online.(Introduction)
  by Stundza, Tom
• What do buyers want most? Information, say distributors.(Office Supplies)
  by Avery, Susan
• The importance of demand forecasting with long leads.(Case history: Quoizel)
  by Atkinson, William
• Pricing trends are increasing in the commodity chemicals business.(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)
• Avnet retains top spot.(top 75 electronics distributors)(Avnet Inc.)(Illustration)
• Memory chip prices are rising.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
• Section III: metals distributors and service centers.(Pacific Plus International Inc. (Div. of Hwa Yang Stainless Steel Group)-Zeeco Metals. Inc.)(Directory)
• Inbound supply managers ask 3PL providers: got technology?(Inbound vs. Outbound)(third-party logistics providers)
  by Hannon, David
• Top distributors by sales per employee.(top 75 electronics distributors)(Brief Article)
• Rising materials costs may drive resistor prices up.(Passives)
  by Roos, Gina
• Section IV: distributor geographic locator.(Oklahoma-United Kingdom)(Directory)
• Mill products.(Alloying & Plating Metals-Beryllium)
• Flat-rolled stainless steel prices have risen 22% since January.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(demand)(Brief Article)
• Before its sale to Ariba, e-auction provider FreeMarkets released its ES 4.0, featuring expanded decision management tools and more robust supplier relationship management capabilities.(Version *.*: latest sourcing software releases)
• Texas Instruments, the world's largest maker of cellular telephone microchips.(Supply: what's happening in markets)(Brief Article)
• Projected future shortfalls of natural gas have triggered a planning frenzy.(Supply: what's happening in high-tech supply chains)(Brief Article)
• Softwood pulp demand has rebounded enough that North American producers easily implemented $20/metric ton price hikes for two key grades sold to papermakers.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
• All eyes turn to new ways of making high-strength grades.(Automotive Steels)(ISO/TS 16949:2002 Quality Management System)
  by Stundza, Tom
• Rising gasoline prices, which set a record in March, are pushing crude oil futures higher.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
• Many offer online buying.(top 75 electronics distributors)(Brief Article)
• Digi-Key adds TI to roster.(Short Circuits)(Digi-Key has signed an agreement with Analog Devices )(Brief Article)
• Consumers don't have a lot of faith in the current economy.(Economy: how supply managers see high-tech business)(Brief Article)
• Arrow Electronics'.(Arrow Electronics OEM Computing Solutions wins Siemens Medical Solutions award for mfg. expertise)(Brief Article)
• Low labor costs, a growing supply of technical workers, and a rapidly expanding consumer market.(Tip sheet: key metrics and supply alert)(Brief Article)
• Growing demand in the automotive market and other areas is leading.(Supply: what's happening in markets)(Ticona to boost capacity )(Brief Article)
• Purchasingdata.com's 90-day steel price expectations.(Prices: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)(Illustration)

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