EL SEGUNDO, CA – Research firm iSuppli Corp. has launched a supplier relationship management training center for electronics companies.
 
iSuppli is offering six courses for OEM procurement teams, covering everything from supplier relationship management and strategic supplier assessment to cross-cultural negotiation in low-cost geographies.
 
Courses are conducted at client facilities and are available immediately.
 
Dan Hawtof, a 20-year industry veteran, has been named to run the center.
 

The weak second quarter economic performance was due to a contraction in the biomedical sector and sluggish growth in the electronics industry, both lynchpins of Singapore's trade-led economy, the trade ministry said. Back in June Singapore's electronics industry was up, reversing a one-month fall into recession, but overall growth has been slow for this export segment during 2008. 

"The GDP growth in the second half is likely to be broadly similar to the first half," the ministry said. "Weaker demand in the major economies, coupled with the need to contain inflationary pressures, will dampen growth in the fast growing Asian economies."