Internet Links for the Supply Management Professional

Business & Consumer Information Center

Better Business Bureau
Check out a business or charity or file a complaint.

Bizrate
Provides rating of many companies selling on the Internet.

Dun & Bradstreet
Intro to services - fee for co. reports & other services.

Edmund's
New/used car information, prices, specifications.

Kelly Blue Book
Guide for the car buyer.

Market Watch
Current market information from Dow Jones.

Metal Prices.com
Current primary and scrap metal pricing.

National Fraud Information Center
Daily reports of frauds and scams.

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Business News

Business Week Magazine
Online version of Business Week

Forbes Magazine
Online version of Forbes Magazine

Fortune Magazine
Online version of Fortune Magazine

Hoover's Online
Source for information on companies

Money Magazine
Online version of Money Magazine

Purchasing A to Z
Online review of procurement news sources and an overview of the week's top government procurement stories, also links relating to Purchasing Laws, Ecommerce, Economy, Inventory Mgmt, etc.

Small Business Times
Milwaukee and S/E Wisconsin business news.

The Wall Street Journal
Online version of the Wall Street Journal

Time Magazine
Online version of Time Magazine

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Electronic Shopping Agents

Biz Rate
Comparison shopping site.

CNET Shopper
E-shopper for primarily computers and associated products.

Computer Shopper
E-shopping agent for computers and computer products.

My Simon
Electronic shopper - Provides price comparisons for products in several categories.

NexTag
Price comparison

Price Scan
A price comparison site

Pricefile.com
A price comparison search engine and database for computer related technology, with no vendor bias or advertising.

Pricewatch
Electronic comparison shopper for: computers, computer products, and consumer electronics.

Roboshopper
Electronic shopping agent

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General WWW Search Tools

All The Web
Search by keyword and/or phrase

Altavista
Search by keyword and/or phrase

Ask Jeeves
Pose questions to initiate search

Dogpile
Uses Multiple Search Engines

Excite
Keyword Search

Hotbot
Keyword Search

Ixquick
Uses Multiple Search Engines, Meta-search Engine

Lycos
Keyword Search

MetaCrawler
Simultaneous Searches Using Several Search Engines

Searchenginez
Uses Multiple Search Engines

Web Crawler
Keyword Search

Yahoo
Keyword or Category Search

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Information from Federal/State/Local Government

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Stats on inflation, consumer spending, employment, producer price indexes, and much more.

Code of Federal Regulations
List of all Federal Regulations and revisions.

Consumer Information Center
Links to Federal agencies and additional consumer-related information

EPA Energy Star
Information on Energy Star program

Federal Acquisition Regulations
Federal acquisition-related info from ARNet (Acq. Reform Network)

Federal Register
Search the Federal Register

Federal Web Locator
US Federal Government Agencies Directory

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International Business

London Metal Exchange
Listing of non-ferrous metals market

The Universal Currency Converter
Currency conversion calculations

World Clocks
Find the correct time for any where in the world.

World Maps
On-line maps of every country in the world.

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Legal

Find Law - State Law Resources
Index to state resources with search capabilities

International Legal Links
Information resources related to laws of international trade

Internet Legal Resource Guide
Links to legal resources

Law Office.com
Information and services on the law

Thomas
US Congressional legislation

Uniform Commercial Code
Text of UCC

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Product/Company Source Locators

Bio Supply Net
Search database of over 15,000 products and 1,600 suppliers of biomedical/scientific equipment, supplies

BizWeb
Links to company web sites by category of goods or services they provide

Business Entity
Search by State

Chem Connect (The World Chemical Exchange)
Chemical products buyers directory and more

Chemical Online Search
Search for suppliers scientific/lab products + free posting of RFPs/RFQ's

Electrobase
Search database of manufacturers and distributors for sources for electronics

Electronics Manufacturers on the Net
Search for links to manufactures of electronic equipment.

Engineering News Record
Search for design and construction firms

GlobalSpec.com
On-line site to connect engineers and technical buyers with suppliers in the design engineering community.

Industry Link
Links to industry web sites

Power Sourcing (The Industrial Resource Network)
Search for sources of supply from over 14,000 industrial suppliers and 10,000 product categories.

Thomas Register
Search for manufacturers of products.

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Professional Associations

APICS
The Association for Operations Management

ASQ
American Society for Quality

AWMI
Association of Women in the Metal Industries

ISM
Institute For Supply Management

NIGP
National Institute of Governmental Purchasing

PFMA
Plant & Facilities Maintenance Association

PMI
Project Management Institute

V.A.L.U.E.
Cooperative Purchasing Program of Southeastern Wisconsin

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Reference

Dictionary of Units of Measurements
Index of measurements, tables and scales

Encyclopedia Britannica
Search the Encyclopedia Britannica

Research-It
Language tools, e.g., Websters dictionary, computing dictionary, thesaurus, acronyms, quotations, translators, + geography tools, financial tools

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Shipper Information

Federal Express
Trace shipments

Freightworld
List/links to package express firms

DHL/Airborne Express
Trace shipments

United Parcel Services (UPS)
Trace shipments

United States Postal Service (USPS)
Zip code finder and more

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Standards, Codes

ANSI Standards
American Nat'l Standards Institute-links to other standard organizations

ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials

EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance

ISO
International Organization for Standardization

SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers

SIC Codes
Standard industrial classification index

UL
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

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White/Yellow Pages

AnyWho
Search for people, business, reverse lookup, toll-free and web sites

Big Book
Nationwide yellow pages - bonus: street map of business location

Info USA
Database Source

Infospace, The Ultimate Directory
Phone directory for businesses, people, Federal, State, local government offices. E-mail directory

Internet 800 Directory
Search for toll-free phone numbers

Internet Address Finder
Search for an individual's e-mail address

Lycos
Find e-mail addresses of individuals & business phone numbers

Switchboard
Nation-wide "white pages" claiming over 90 million listings for people and over 10 million for businesses

YAHOO! People Search
Search for e-mail and telephone numbers

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