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Articles in November, 2005 issue of Purchasing

• Total product development.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Samsung chief executive officer Yun Jong-yong recently told analysts the company aimed to be one of the top three electronics companies in the world in quantity and quality by 2010 by increasing the number of leading market share products from the current
• Purchasing seminars and courses.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)(American Purchasing Society)(Brief Article)
• Metal fabrications and assemblies.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)(Brief Article)
• Intel honors 26 "preferred quality suppliers".(MICROCHIPS)
• Consumer equipment uses more chips.(SEMICONDUCTORS)
  by Carbone, James
• Intel is developing new processor chips for server systems.(supply: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HIGH-TECH SUPPLY CHAINS)(Brief Article)
• Purchasingdata.com's electronics forward demand indicator.(economy: HOW SUPPLY MANAGERS SEE HIGH-TECH BUSINESS)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
• YMC.(gets 2005 Global Supplier Award from Eli Lilly and Co.)(Brief Article)
• Natural-gas prices have risen above $13.(Brief Article)
• Metals leadtimes are shrinking.(leadtime report)
• Indirect/MRO cost savings.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Macsteel Service Centers USA is expanding its heavy-gauge steel processing capabilities by acquiring the business and assets of Alpha Processing in Chicago. Long Beach, Calif.-based Macsteel earlier acquired Alpha Steel.(METALS CHIPS)(Brief Article)
• Procurement business process outsourcing (BPO) is a bigger market than many business professionals may think.(Brief Article)
• Version 5.2 of its XE Supply Management Suite of tools.(Verticalnet enhances its product)(Brief Article)
• Hewlett-Packard is recalling 135,000 battery packs.(product defect and recall)(Brief Article)
• Hurricanes Katrina and Rita likely won't trigger.(economic conditions forecast)(Brief Article)
• Purchasing seminars and courses.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Hormel Foods presents its Spirit of Excellence.(Brief Article)
• Freight rate outlook.(PURCHASING MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE)(Brief Article)
• Is the growth run coming to an end? Purchasing improved this year but there's no certainty that demand expansion will continue in 2006.(aluminum extrusions)
  by Stundza, Tom
• Applied Industrial Technologies.(acquires Spencer Industries Inc.'s assets from Wajax Income Fund )(Brief Article)
• Vendor reduction & parts supply sourcing.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Purchasing managers are rethinking supply chain strategies to combat increasing energy costs.(tip sheet: KEY METRICS AND SUPPLY ALERT)
• Aluminum.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator )(Brief Article)
• Electronic components sourcing direct from 2300+ suppliers.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)(netCOMPONENTS)(Brief Article)
• Whirlpool honors 21 firms.(APPLIANCES)
• What's hot.(electronics & technology news)(Brief Article)
  by Carbone, James
• Orders for semiconductor equipment from North American-based manufacturers fell by $14.1 million.(supply: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HIGH-TECH SUPPLY CHAINS)(Brief Article)
• Container freight rates in the Pacific.(prices: FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCT COST)(Brief Article)
• September's seasonally adjusted annual sales.(automobile sales)(Brief Article)
• Adhesives, sealants and coatings.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Total product development.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Praxair Electronics is buying a high-purity aluminum refining and casting operation in Mercus, France, from Alcan.(METALS CHIPS)(Brief Article)
• Gambling is cool in Vegas, but not in purchasing.(Eaton Corp.'s Rick Jacobs' supply chain risk management )
• Oracle released the PeopleSoft Enterprise Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) 8.9 and PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Chain Management (SCM) 8.9.(Brief Article)
• European jet maker Airbus plans to outsource.(production)(Brief Article)
• The longer-term history of the oil market.(prices: FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCT COST)(Brief Article)
• Aluminum.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• What's hot.(ISM Indirect-MRO Buyer)(Brief Article)
  by Avery, Susan
• More academic and corporate RFID partnerships.(GlobeRanger partners with Center for Automatic Identification at Ohio University)(Brief Article)
• Metals service center chain Reliance Steel & Aluminum of Los Angeles has joined with New Wave Technologies and Manufacturing Network work, both of Singapore, to form joint venture Reliance Pan Pacific.(METALS CHIPS)(Brief Article)
• Purchasingdata.com's electronics business indicator.(tip sheet: KEY METRICS AND SUPPLY ALERT)(Illustration)
• Eprocurement software.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)(Mikrofax Software)(Brief Article)
• Adhesives sealants and coatings.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)(Brief Article)
• Partner up: a strong relationship with IT builds cohesion.(MULTIFUNCTION PRODUCTS)
  by Prema, Karen
• Businesses finding savings in environmental activities.(BUYING GREEN: PART I)(Cover Story)
• Connector tags will be stable in '06.(INTERCONNECT)
  by Roos, Gina
• Worldwide PDA (personal data assistant) shipments are on track to 15 million units.(supply: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HIGH-TECH SUPPLY CHAINS)(Brief Article)
• The Wendover-Global Insight IT Spending Index for the third quarter dropped slightly.(economy: HOW SUPPLY MANAGERS SEE HIGH-TECH BUSINESS)(Brief Article)
• Sealy.(Randy Cowart appointed)(Brief Article)
• With supply staying tight, spot ethylene prices.(prices: FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCT COST)(Brief Article)
• MRO solutions.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Timken will close its steel plant in Wooster Township, Ohio, and consolidate operations at the Gambrinus plant in Stark County, Ohio, near Canton.(METALS CHIPS)(Brief Article)
• Electronics giant Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay a $300 million fine to settle a three-year old DRAM price-fixing case brought about by U.S. Justice Department.(Brief Article)
• Version 3.5 of its Fuel Management System.(FuelQuest launches enhanced version its Fuel Management System)(Brief Article)
• Accounting fiction.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Simpson, Bill
• Looking for the latest reports on delivery leadtimes.(economy: HOW SUPPLY MANAGERS SEE BUSINESS)
• Die casting solutions.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Can handle anything.(product update: A snapshot of new products)
• UPS executives said the company has no interest in taking over.(United Parcel Service of America Inc., TNT Express Worldwide)(Brief Article)
• Overseas experience key for Hallmark's Krouse.(Hallmark Cards Inc., Daniel Krouse)(Interview)
• Inflation is building in the factory pipeline.(tip sheet: KEY METRICS AND SUPPLY ALERT)(Brief Article)
• Seagate honors excellence.(DISC DRIVES)
• Contract manufacturing and more.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• There's a problem looming for many purchasing and materials management pros.(tip sheet: KEY METRICS AND SUPPLY ALERT)(Brief Article)
• Magnetic hand tools and conveyors.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)(Brief Article)
• 3PL-freight cost containment.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)(Brief Article)
• Boeing honors 13 Premium Suppliers.(AEROSPACE)
• Cutting cost is key in consumer electronics: buyers at electronics manufacturing service providers are handling more sourcing responsibility in consumer electronics.(PURCHASING STRATEGY)
  by Carbone, James
• Strong sales of chips used in must-have consumer gadgets such as mobile telephones.(supply: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HIGH-TECH SUPPLY CHAINS)(Brief Article)
• The pricing peak has ended.(prices: FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCT COST)(Brief Article)
• Air Liquide Large Industries U.S.(gets 2004 Supplier Excellence Award from Eastman Chemical Co.)(Brief Article)
• The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.(tip sheet: KEY METRICS AND SUPPLY ALERT)(Brief Article)
• 3PL-freight cost containment.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Eprocurement software.(Key Supplier Web Site Locator)
• Steelscape.(METALS CHIPS)(relocation)(Brief Article)
• Supplier performance measurement programs improve supplier performance by more than 20%.(supply chain management survey)(Brief Article)
• Global Cost Control management system.(GT Nexus launches Global Cost Contro)(Brief Article)
• U.S.-Chinese joint venture Dongfeng Cummins Engine.(Dongfeng Cummins Engine Company Ltd. develops truck engine )(Brief Article)

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