Industrial distributors representing more than two million parts and supplies are charter iProcure suppliers. Industrial operations now have a procurement solution designed with the critical nature of their supply chain in mind. Home Depot added to Dow Industrials. Greenspan warns on inflation, productivity. Dell sales soar, becomes top U.S. PC seller.
Consumer confidence drops sharply.
Microsoft, SAP pair up in Europe in battle against Oracle. Aspen Technology launches e-business initiative, partners with Extricity Software. Datastream Systems announces iProcure. Kewill ERP announces E-Manufacturing line, additions to ERP suite. Pivotpoint introduces secure extended enterprise application for ERP, supply-chain markets.