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Latest Issue: 08/13/2009

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1. Business Intelligence
16.8% Drop in North American aluminum production this year Source: Aluminum Association WHAT IT MEANS: Six-month production of primary aluminum in North America was 2.43 ...
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2. Norwegian exec joins others forecasting world demand increase
Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro says global demand from such key end markets as construction and transportation has fallen sharply as the global economic crisis has ...
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3. MRO buyers take steps to control inventory and help free up cash
While the phrase "less is more" is overused in this recession, it still has real meaning when applied to MRO inventory: less stock in the ...
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4. Business Intelligence
30% MRO buyers who expect lift truck battery prices to rise Source: www.purchasingdata.com WHAT IT MEANS: Respondents to Purchasing's monthly survey see a pick-up in ...
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5. MRO Briefs
Vulcan Materials Co. has presented its Platinum Alliance supplier award to Applied Industrial Technologies for excellent service in 2008. The award is the highest that ...
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6. Cutting the supply base isn't always such a good idea
Here is a question purchasing professionals could debate for hours if not days: Does it make sense, at a time when many companies are going ...
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7. Prices to rise, but not to 2008 levels
Economists at the International Monetary Fund say the global slump is bottoming out, with contraction in 2009 of about 1.4%. IMF analysts expect a 2.5% ...
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8. Supplier partnerships pay off for midmarket coffee equipment maker
• Wilbur Curtis Company Location: Montebello, Calif • Size: 240 employees • Business: Commercial coffee, tea, and specialty beverage brewing systems. Proactive partnerships with quality ...
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9. Purchasing insight figures big in winning strategy
While senior managers may intuitively understand that travel is critical to their company's success, it's still one of the first budget items they cut when ...
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10. How to source travel for 2010
Companies are hunkering down and have sharply reduced the amount of travel most employees are doing during this global economic downturn. This is having a ...
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