Purchasing and Supply Chain Web Sites and Discussion Lists from The Supply Chain Yearbook, 2001 Edition A community resource is a community responsibility. Please help us keep our resources current. If you find a bad link or if you'd like to suggest a site or a discussion list, please e-mail us! Web Sites Access Global Trade Exchange, Inc. This site features the Global Business Toolkit, an "easy, fast, and affordable" way to market products and services internationally, source foreign products and services, and find critical business, economic, and trade information. Aluminium Industry WWW-Server This is a resource site for anybody in aluminum. American Export Register This is a multilingual sourcing directory (six languages) containing more than 45,000 American suppliers in over 5,500 product and service categories. The focus is on exports. AMM Online: The World Metals Information Network AMM Online is the international news service of American Metal Market, the daily newspaper of the metals and recycling industries published by Cahners. Subscribers can access the entire site; other visitors get only limited access. The site presents news, a reference desk, and a prices menu. APICS Online This site by APICS-The Educational Society for Resource Management. The site primarily promotes the association, but there are also links to other Web resources. Asian Sources Online This site features "product and trade information for volume buyers." Search for suppliers or products or by country. BidCast This site features government contract opportunities: subscribers can search the database or receive announcements by e-mail. BidMatch Buyer's Assistant Purchasers complete a request form for products or services and the information is posted within 24 hours and e-mailed to vendors. BioAPI Consortium The BioAPI Consortium was formed to develop a widely available and widely accepted application programming interface (API) that will serve for various biometric technologies. This site provides information on this organization. Biometric Consortium The Biometric Consortium serves as the U.S. government's focal point for research, development, test, evaluation, and application of biometric-based personal identification/verification technology. This site provides information and links to articles, associations, and other Web resources. BioSpace.com If you need to purchase anything in the areas of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, visit "The Hubsite for The World's Most Exciting Industry." Visitors can also sign up to receive BioSpace News daily e-mail reports. BizWeb BizWeb searches the Internet for company and product information. Companies are categorized and listed by the goods or services they provide. Business World This is a commercial Internet mall with a global focus. Buyer's Guide to Electronic Commerce This site provides information and resources on e-commerce. Buyer's Zone BuyersZone provides purchasing advice and online shopping for small to mid-sized business, helping with purchasing decisions on products and services. BuyLines2000 This site was established by Innovative Purchasing Resources, Inc., to serve as a tool for purchasing and supply management organizations that want to use the Internet to more effectively manage the supply chain. Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies The Center produces research reports and hosts International Executive Roundtables. This is the place to find out more about the Center and order reports. Centre for International Trade Centre for International Trade (CIT) is a member organization established to improve, facilitate, and expand international trade. It has 3,500 members around the world, including embassies, government agencies, trade associations, companies, firms, and individuals. The members network and offer courtesy discounts to each other. The site provides information on national rules, regulations, procedures, and trade opportunities, as well as industry news. There are also products, services, training, publications, links, and a discussion forum. CIT publishes a free newsletter, International Trader, and the site provides access to back issues. The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply CIPS is an international non-profit organization representing purchasing and supply chain professionals. This site has a good resources area that links to many of the purchasing and supply organizations around the world, particularly in Europe. China External Trade Development Council (CETRA) CETRA, a non-profit government-sponsored professional trade promotion association based in Taiwan, helps with sourcing in the Asia-Pacific Region. It offers a wide range of trade-related periodicals, directories, and market reports in Chinese and English. The Web site is maintained in collaboration with Taipei World Trade Center, a non-profit trade promotion organization in Taiwan. CIO Magazine's Government Resource Center This site provides information on government issues, such as EC/EDI, procurement reform, and more. CommerceNet This is the site of a non-profit consortium of about 150 organizations that want to stimulate e-commerce on the Internet. Computer Information Center "These pages provide links to sites and resources concerned with the burgeoning cashless society. These include Electronic Commerce, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Digital Cash, Secure Credit Card Transactions, Digital Signatures and other related subjects." Consumer World Consumer World®-which purports to be "The Consumer Resource Guide"-is a public service, non-commercial site that presents more than 1800 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet, categorized for easy access. Visitors can find buying advice and read product reviews and comparisons. Council of Logistics Management Online Logistics Bibliography This is a database of over 10,000 abstracts of logistics-related articles. It replaces CLM's annual Bibliography of Logistics Management, which will no longer be printed. The bibliography includes abstracts and full bibliographic citations of articles from current periodicals and journals from 1997 to the present and abstracts that appeared in the printed versions for 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996. The bibliography is updated weekly. DeveloPages DeveloPages brings together corporations that have specific needs with companies that meet their product development requirements, using a database of more than 15,000 companies involved in the design and manufacturing industries. e-Chemicals This site sells chemicals, but it also features industry news and industry events. EcomWorld EcomWorld is "the Online Magazine for EC Professionals." This site is centered on the print publication, Electronic Commerce World, but there are other resources, including news, an events calendar, and discussions. ElectroNet This site features three databases for electronics: manufacturers, distributors, and sales representatives-factory-authorized sources for over 1,500 component manufacturers. Visitors can do online RFQs. Electronic Buyers' News Online This is an online magazine for electronics purchasers. Electronic Commerce Association This is the home page of the ECA, an association that promotes electronic commerce. Electronic Commerce and the European Union This is the official site of the European Commission for supporting and promoting electronic commerce in member countries of the European Union. Electronic Commerce Europe ECE, an international non-profit association, was founded in March 1997 to promote, co-ordinate, and assist in the development of electronic commerce in Europe. Electronic Commerce Guide To get up to speed on electronic commerce and to keep up with developments, this could be a good site to bookmark. It provides news, product reviews, a library (articles, journals, white papers), a Link Vault, and a "webopedia" of the most up-to-date terms, definitions, and acronyms in electronic commerce. There are also a free weekly electronic newsletter, discussion forums, and an electronic discussion list. Electronic Commerce Research Center "From small business to multinational, Electronic Commerce will change the way you do business. This Research Center examines the current state and future directions of conducting commerce on the Net." Electronic Commerce Resource Center The ECRC Program is sponsored by the Department of Defense's Joint Electronic Commerce Program Office. There are 17 regional offices, which "serve as a catalyst for a vast network of small- and medium-sized enterprises to adopt electronic commerce." Electronic Commerce Resource Center This site promises "comprehensive e-commerce and Internet business and government resources for beginners to experts, help in becoming better cheaper faster." It offers a good variety of links, categorized for convenience, and a free quarterly newsletter. Since this is a regional site located in Bremerton, WA, the focus of the events listings is on the Northwest, but most of the resources are of value to all visitors. Electronic Commerce Resource Guide This guide from Premenos Software includes an overview of EDI standards and links to interesting Web sites for EDI users. Electronic Commerce Today This electronic commerce information site requires a site license. ERP Supersite This site devoted to Enterprise Resource Planning provides news, forums, books, and information related to ERP and ERP products. ERP/Supply Chain Research Center This site provides articles, links, and information about events and vendors. E.surplus If you're interested in government contracts and/or surplus property, this is the place. Visitors can search through recent back issues of Commerce Business Daily, the federal government's central clearinghouse for bid requests, contract notifications, and notices of surplus equipment, covering federal agencies and offices domestic and abroad. There are also distribution lists to inform subscribers of bids, contracts, and items appearing in each issue of CBD. There are fees for some services. ETA Forum This site is a public forum on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Europages: The European Business Directory This site indexes 500,000 companies in 30 countries. Visitors can search by product/service or company name. Federal Acquisition Reform Network This site focuses on providing information on acquisition reform and federal regulations. Federal Electronic Commerce Program Office This is the resource for information on what the federal government is doing about conducting business electronically. Federation of International Trade Associations This site provides links to 1000 annotated and indexed Web resources. It also features a global book store, trade leads posted daily from around the world, and a searchable list of seminars, conferences, and trade shows relating to international trade. Trade Hub identifies a few hundred systems that list offers to buy and sell on a wholesale basis internationally. FreeMarkets OnLine Inc. FreeMarkets® creates business-to-business online markets for Fortune 1000 and Global 1000 companies. These online markets are real-time interactive bidding events between pre-qualified suppliers that enable buyers to purchase industrial materials and components at true market prices. This type of market interaction is a fundamentally new way for buyers to negotiate prices and for suppliers to generate low-cost sales. GE Trading Process Network GE TPN Post is an Internet-based trading network that enables buyers and sellers to do business-to-business electronic commerce, including transactions. It started in early 1995 as an internal GE corporate initiative, but it's now a commercial offering from GE Information Services. Visitors can join the network as buyers or as sellers. Global Board of Trade The slogan for this site says it all-"Broadcasting Trade Leads to the World." Visitors can select an industry and check trade leads, then go to the "Trade Floor" to exchange trade information "in a secured and confidential manner." Golden Bridge Trade Center This site is billed as "The Most Comprehensive and Efficient Source for International Trade Leads." Golden Bridge publishes (in paper and electronic versions) the Global Import-Export Weekly Newsletter, which provides import-export information worldwide by connecting buyers with sellers and importers with exporters. There's a registration fee for accessing the on-line trade center, $15CDN/month. Global Contact Online This Web site was developed to offer free information to help companies locate products and services worldwide. There's also news and information related to the world of international trade and transportation and import/export legal information. Global Contact also allows searches of The Directory of U.S. Companies and The NAFTA Register. The Global Forum for Marketing & Logistics This forum is hosted by MCB, publisher of Logistics Information Management and Supply Chain Management. This arena provides "current awareness," including interactive services and a comprehensive resources archive, intended for "practitioners, academics, authors, and anyone interested in developing their knowledge of this area." The focus is primarily on marketing and distribution. Global Information Network It's easier to keep up with what's affecting business around the world with a resource like this, "The Search Engine for Global Business." It's a well-organized source of sources. The Global Procurement & Supply Chain Benchmarking Initiative The primary mission of this initiative is to study the best procurement and supply chain strategies, practices, and processes used by companies worldwide. The site features the Strategic Self-Assessment System, an on-line, real-time benchmarking application launched in July 1996. Companies that are members of the Benchmarking Initiative can complete strategic self-assessments about their procurement and supply chain strategies and practices, submit data, and receive immediate comparison feedback. Global Procurement Group This site features a short list of international procurement resources on the Internet. GlobalSpec.com This site provides a free service: engineers or technical buyers can plug in their specs to do a 'parametric search' through a database of products from hundreds of suppliers. Global Trade Center Global Trade Center provides many international trade services for manufacturers, importers, exporters, trade service businesses, and opportunity seekers. This site features international trade business opportunities, free import-export trade leads, a trade bulletin board, and links to traders' Web sites. The focus is more on export than on import. Grainger Business Catalog W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s online catalog featuring more than 90,000 MRO supplies from the leading business-to-business distributor of MRO supplies and related information. Health Care Buyers Expo This site is intended to give health care purchasers a comprehensive and immediate search facility for locating products and services. i2 Fans Club The goal of this site is to serve users of i2 Technologies products. It provides information on supply chain management, access to user forums on i2 products, chat rooms, articles, and books. IBC-Forum This forum is an electronic discussion on Internet banking and commerce sponsored by the publisher of The Journal of Internet Purchasing. Import Export Bulletin Board The IEBB is inteded to be the premier international trade lead site on the Internet, to serve as a one-stop shop for trade leads and other import-export resources, "The Home on the Internet for Professional International Trade." Incoterms "Incoterms," standard trade definitions for use throughout the world, are established periodically by the International Chamber of Commerce. This site provides information and copies of Incoterms 2000 are available through the Business Bookstore (www.iccbooks.com). The Industrial Purchasing Guide The purpose of the purchasing guide is to provide a single location where purchasers of industrial products can go to find the materials and services they need in their business. There are 18 categories: Automotive, Chemicals, Coatings, Construction, Consultants, Distributors, Electronics, Financial, Food, Machinery, Metals, Office Equipment, Packaging, Printing, Retail, Tools, Travel and Recreation, and Other. Industry Link This site provides links to suppliers and resources in 20 industries. Industry Net Featuring "the Web's largest collection of online product catalogs" and information on companies and products, this site offers one-stop shopping. Industry Network Canada Inc. Industry Network Canada Inc. is a full-feature business tool to help members of Canada's industrial community in promoting their products and services. Visitors can search the database by company, product, or province. Industry Search This site provides access to a database of over 350,000 U.S. manufacturing companies and free searches for suppliers and manufacturers by state and keyword. Institut du Management de l'Achat Industriel This site, hosted by a postgraduate purchasing program, features a very good collection of links for sourcing in Europe and the Americas, with some coverage of the rest of the world. International Business Resource Center The International Business Resource Center in the University of Kansas School of Business helps small and medium-sized companies broaden their international business skills and explore available international trade opportunities through this collection of international business and trade resources. International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association This site provides information about IPSERA, access to a discussion forum and a discussion groups, and links to other sites of interest. International Purchasing Associates International Purchasing Associates is a sourcing service. For over 25 years the goal has been to provide companies with top-quality service and products at lower prices. IPA claims to be able to find anything-and at prices lower than the competition. It allows comparison shopping with office supplies stores. International Purchasing Service The Page of Links for Purchasing Agents and Buyers -- "Places to Find and Buy and Do Stuff," directories and search engines, and professional resources. InternationalWorkz This site is the "global eBusiness toolkit." There are resources for building a global business online, managing an international business, and promoting and marketing worldwide, as well as news and references. Internet Purchasing This site offers an assortment of links to resources-information, supplier directories, and categories of suppliers. Inventory Depot This is an industrial and commercial "auction" trading center for surplus inventories of materials, supplies, products, and equipment. The Journal of Commerce Online The JOC -- "The Daily Journal of Trade Logistics" -- provides news on global trade and transportation as well as information and insights about companies, markets, products, and issues, and a collection of links organized in categories. Journal of Internet Purchasing This online magazine for purchasing over the Internet focuses on developments and trends in Internet-based purchasing practices. There's also a free quarterly email edition. This publication informs purchasing professionals and executives on principal developments, benchmark practices, and future trends in the Internet-based purchasing practices of governments and industry. Kompass Kompass is a worldwide network of companies specialized in business-to-business information databases of products and services. This site boasts access to 1.5 million companies and 23 million products and services in more than 60 countries. It allows free extensive regional specific searches by allowing multiple searches of numerous country-specific industrial directories. The site allows for easy currency conversion calculations. The site can be accessed in five languages-English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. Krislyn's Favorite Purchasing Sites This page offers a collection of links selected by the Krislyn Corporation. Logistics Management & Distribution Report Online This site for supply chain professionals provides news items, several articles from Logistics Management & Distribution Report, and links to trade associations of interest to logistics managers. The Logistics Network This is the "Gateway to Business Logistics on the Internet." It offers some lists of links and a logistics discussion forum. LogisticsWorld A guide to logistics, freight, transportation, warehousing, distribution, supply, maintenance, manufacturing, management, reliability, mathematics, business, and quality sites on the Web. Maintained by Matthew Cox, this is an overwhelming accumulation of links-for organizations, publications, news, projects, colleges and universities, and more. LogLink: Transportation and Logistics Links This site categorizes links of interest and allows for searches. Manufacturer's Information Net This site provides information for manufacturers and services related to manufacturing. There's a search engine to locate information on manufacturers, suppliers, professional services, and many more resources on and off this site. Material Control: Purchasing and Material Management Resources This is an eclectic collection of sites, with an emphasis on electronic commerce. Materials Management & Distribution Online This is the site of a supply chain management magazine, but it's not just an on-line version of the magazine: it's a separate entity, with logistics news, features, and links Internet resources. There's a directory of suppliers throughout Canada. Materials Management in Health Care This site features Materials Management in Health Care. It allows access to current issues as well as an archive search. Mectronic.net This is a one-stop source for electronic, electrical, and mechanical products and services. There's a database of manufacturers, distributors, and service providers. Mercado Magazine Mercado Magazine is a commercial information publication that reaches the Latin American business audience interested in establishing commercial ties with wholesalers, exporters, importers, and manufacturers in the U.S. Mercado Magazine is distributed internationally in U.S. embassies, to business associations, and at trade shows and conferences. It has a monthly circulation of 40,000. Metal Suppliers Online This is a good place to visit for sourcing metals. MexPlaza This is a directory to various businesses in Mexico, arranged by category. The Mining Company: Purchasing Site This page offers a variety of links to organizations, publications, products, and other resources related to purchasing, provided by a cyber company that produces Web sites with specialized links. MLTWEB: Resources for Purchasing Professionals This site is "assembled and maintained by Michael L. Taylor, C.P.M., for the benefit and enjoyment of his friends and fellow purchasing professionals." Modern Purchasing This site, which promotes the magazine Modern Purchasing, allows archives searches, hosts an online discussion group, and provides a calendar of trade shows and some basic links. MRO Central: Plant Services on the Web The focus of this site is the magazine Plant Services, but there are other resources, including directories and discussion groups. MRO Explorer This site provides a search engine that looks for industrial organizations. It has considerable potential, but it's fairly new, so listings are limited. MSU-CIBER This is an index to international business resources on the Web and at the Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research (MSU-CIBER). The index can be browsed by category or searched by words. NAFTA Net This site is maintained by NAFTAnet, Inc., a provider of information, telecommunications, implementation, and consultative services in electronic commerce/electronic data interchange (EDI), international trade, and NAFTA. It also maintains the Centro Electrónico de Negocios NAFTAnet. National Association of Purchasing Management This site provides information about NAPM and qualified access to "News and Resources." NAPM Silicon Valley This site is maintained by the Silicon Valley chapter of the National Association of Purchasing Management as "The Information Resource for the Purchasing & Supply Management Professional." It features an online reference library for purchasing supply base managers. National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws was formed in 1892. NCCUSL is composed of more than 300 lawyers, judges, and law professors, appointed by the states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to draft proposals for uniform and model laws and work toward their enactment in legislatures. NCCUSL is jointly responsible with the American Law Institute for drafting, updating, and promulgating the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The site provides information about the organization and its activities. National Initiative for Supply Chain Integration, Ltd. This non-profit organization was founded to develop the most effective solutions to optimize the performance of supply chains composed of three or more links. Visitors can enter click the NICSI Intranet (password: Demo100) and take a tour of the NISCI Process. Oanda This site features perhaps the best conversion utility on the Web. It allows conversions among 164 currencies and displays history for any day since 1 January 1990. It also allows a choice of various conversion rates and displays median, minimum, and maximum prices. Outsourcing Center The Outsourcing Center presents information about the outsourcing industry-books, articles, research, events, a database of outsourcing suppliers, events of interest, and other resources. Outsourcing Interactive Visitors to this site by the Outsourcing Institute can read news, check out events, join the outsourcing network, and participate in the discussion forum. Outsourcing Journal This is an online journal with many features and resources. Visitors to this site can register to be notified by e-mail whenever a new issue is posted and/or to receive an electronic version of the journal. Outsourcing Research Center This page features articles from CIO magazine and an events calendar. PANGAEA.NET: Interactive Global Marketplace PANGAEA.NET is the online service of PANGAEA, a global marketing and strategic business development consulting. The Interactive Global Marketplace section of the site features articles and insights from experienced businesspeople regarding international business and trade issues, including country-specific observations, brand- or industry-related issues, and legal challenges. PartnerBase This is a dedicated resource for companies seeking international trade partners. PartNET This is a directory of electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical parts-with a difference. Purchasers can bring together information from multiple suppliers to form a "virtual catalog" that fits their buying needs. ProcureNet "The Electronic Mall of the future for buyers, suppliers and distributors," ProcureNet has been designed to help buyers simplify the purchasing process and to help suppliers and distributors by grouping them with other vendors who market to the same customers. Pronet Global Interactive Business Centre This site features searches of a business database by topic, by city or nation, or by word. There are also at least 50 forums. Purchasing A2Z This site features links to purchasing and electronic commerce resources. Purchasing Guide This "buyer-supplier network" allows visitors access to 130,000 suppliers throughout U.S. Buyers can further select GSA suppliers, 8A suppliers, or minority- and woman-owned small business suppliers, as well as suppliers accepting credit cards. Purchasing Home Page This page offers links and other resources of interest to purchasing professionals. Purchasing Manager's Forum This is an online community of purchasing professionals, serving a global community of purchasing managers, supply management executives, and buyers. Registration is free, but limited to purchasing professionals. Registered members have access to A Buyer's Guide to the Internet ("the top 1,000 internet sites and services to rely on for valuable information about suppliers, markets, prices, and purchasing best practices"), purchasing discussion groups, and a purchasing resource library (articles, documents, web sites, and useful templates from around the world). Purchasing Online This site offers news, a few articles from Purchasing Magazine, a bookstore (books by Purchasing), a reference desk, and a software mart. Purchasing Resources: Purchasing Office of The University of Texas at Austin Here are links of interest to college and university procurement staff. The Purchasing Station This site, maintained by William Christensen, of Christensen Consulting & Training, specialists in international purchasing and global sourcing, offers a great variety of links. Purchasing Web This site consists of links to articles for the supply management professional. Unfortunately, the articles are primarily from 1994 through 1997. RFQ Data, Inc. Companies can use this site to enter their RFQs and make them accessible to vendors throughout the world. There's a monthly fee. Stanford University Global Supply Chain Forum This forum was established to identify, document, research, develop, and disseminate the best practices, as well as innovations in supply chain management in order to advance teaching and research in global supply chain management. Some sections of this site are for members only. The Supply-Chain Council, Inc. This site is devoted to supply chain management and more specifically to the Supply-Chain Process Reference Model, which helps companies evaluate their supply-chain performance, identify weak areas, develop solutions for improvement, and compare the costs of improvements against the expected returns. Supply Chain Link This Cahners Business Information site features news from Lexis-Nexis and the Cahners "supply chain magazines." Supply Chain Management Resource Web Page This page lists links to a wide variety of sites of interest to practitioners, researchers, and consultants. The Supply Chain Organisation This is the web site gateway to many valuable resources available to managers and researchers in the field of supply chain management. Supply Chain Super Links This site claims to be "the most comprehensive internet link to the world's best Supply Chain resources." Some of these resources are accessible at no charge, but others are available by paid subscription only. Telephone Directories on the Web This is the Internet's most comprehensive index of online directories, with links to yellow pages, white pages, business directories, email addresses, and fax listings from all around the world. Thomas Register of American Manufacturers This site features a search by company or product in U.S. or Canada. Registration is required, but it's free. Thomas Register of European Manufacturers This site is a buying guide that provides immediate access to 155,000 industrial suppliers in 17 European countries. TIPS (Trade and Technological Information and Promotion System) TIPS is touted as "the largest integral and informative e-commerce network available for doing business." This service was designed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises. TIPS processes and disseminates offers and demands gathered directly from companies-particularly SMEs. TradeBook TradeBook is a business directory of products and inquiries for on-line trade all over the world. Any company can search all products and inquiries and register its products and inquiries free of charge. Trade Compass This site provides an impressive array of international business information and tools including: news feeds, shipping schedules, trade leads, trade statistics, market reports, cargo tracking, trade show database, company directories, company intelligence, and country trade statistics. TradePort This is proclaimed to be "the premier international trade web site on the Internet." That may be true if you want to sell, but if you need to buy, this site offers little of interest. TradeWinds TradeWinds Publishing, a company that focuses on the electronic publication of information to promote International Trade, hosts this site that provides trade leads and access to an international trade law library. Trade Winds Online This is a library of magazines and directories from the Far East. Uniform Code Council, Inc. This site provides information and news about on bar codes and electronic commerce. There's also a glossary. Universal Currency Converter This site gives exchange rates of all foreign currency. It's updated daily. VerticalNet VerticalNet leverages the interactive features and global reach of the Internet to create multi-national, targeted business-to-business communities. These narrowly focused Web sites attract buyers and sellers from around the world by with similar professional interests. This site provides links to Web sites that feature industry-specific directories, news, listings, trade leads, and job postings. Virtual Logistics Directory The Virtual Logistics Directory provides an open, objective and comprehensive directory of logistics resources on the Web, compiled by Craig T. Hall. Website Formerly Known as The 2BGuide This site provides information and news about the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, July 29, 1999. WIZnet eCommerce Portal Formerly known as "The Purchasing Extranet," this portal consists of a portal for buyers and a portal for suppliers. It provides potential purchasers with access to supplier information, secure negotiation, and commerce capabilities for a price. Users pay a one-time fee and then a rate per hour of usage to access the portal with passwords and conduct natural language searches across a database of 100,000 catalogs from more than 90,000 suppliers. Purchasing pros can designate their preferred suppliers, with contractual pricing, and can limit lower-level buyers' access to these pre-arranged relationships. WLW Online This site-accessible in nine languages, including English-allows searches for suppliers in Europe. (The WLW comes from "Wer liefert was?"-Who Supplies What?) Visitors can search among 238,500 companies in 10 countries, by product/service or company name. World Access Network Directory WAND claims to be "the world's largest directory of products and services." It's an interactive multi-language global sourcing tool that matches buyers and sellers. WorldBid.com WorldBid claims to be "the World's Largest Source of Free Business-to-Business Trade Leads." Purchasers can search among offers to sell by word or phrase, category, or codes-SIC, Harmonizing, and NAICS-or sign up to receive by e-mail offers in any categories they select. There's no cost and the interface is neat and efficient. World Trade Centers Association The World Trade Centers Association is an organization of over 300 world trade centers in more than 100 countries, connected to expand global business. Registered visitors can search through the Trade Opportunities Bulletin Board. World Trade Organization This site features information about the WTO and events of importance to global trade. WorldTradeZone WorldTradeZone sponsors 28 lists: one general (WTZ-INTRADELEADS) and 27 market sector lists. The Web site provides information on participating in the lists and a searchable archive. World Wide Yellow Pages This site provides a convenient means of finding any business in the United States. WWW Virtual Library: Logistics This is a good place to begin any search for resources related to logistics. X-Rates Visitors to this site can calculate currency exchange rates (updated daily), buy currencies, and check histories (7, 30, 90, and 120 days) of exchange rate fluctuations for each currency listed. Discussion Lists Complex Industries Special Interest Group (CISIG) Discussion forum for professionals in complex industries focusing on the integrated resource tools of project management, configuration control, product data management, regulatory affairs, and systems engineering Subscribe through the Web site: http://www.apics.org/joinlists.htm E.surplus Distribution lists announcing bids, contracts, and items appearing in Commerce Business Daily, the federal government's central clearinghouse for bid requests, contract notifications, and notices of surplus equipment Subscribe through the Web site: http://www.esurplus.com/signup.htm Forest Sector Logistics Research logistics-forest-subscribe@egroups.com message: (blank) Global Board of Trade: Trade Leads Distribution list of postings: international trade contacts, products, and services-offers and requests-in any industries chosen by subscriber Subscribe through the Web site (fee): http://www.tradenet.org GTON-Global Trade Opportunities Newsletter Distribution list for product advertisements and demands among exporters, importers, and other firms majordomo@esosoft.com message: subscribe GTON Logistics For people involved in the logistics or distribution industry at management level logistics-subscribe@onelist.com message: (blank) Logistics Automation Monthly newsletter on automating logistics: Willett International, Ltd. logistics-automation-subscribe@onelist.com message: (blank) Logistics Research Network Research ideas and developments in logistics and supply chain management mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk message: join logistics-research-network firstname lastname NOFOMA Network (Nordic Research in Materials Management) nofoma-subscribe@eGroups.com message: (blank) Procurement Distribution and discussion list that addresses all matters relating to government procurement Subscribe through the Web site: http://www.tradenet.org Purchasing Pros purchasingpros-subscribe@onelist.com message: (blank) Purchasing Supply Chain All aspects of purchasing and supply chain management, and interorganizational theory: International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk message: join purchasing-supply-chain firstname lastname SCM-Food Supply chain management in food industries. mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk message: join scm-food firstname lastname Supply Management For academics and professionals in supply chain management. mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk message: join supply-management firstname lastname Total Quality Integrated Logistics Systems For the exchange of ideas and information by researchers and practitioners involved in applying, assessing, developing, evaluating, and managing Integrated Logistics Systems. mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk message: join total-quality-ils firstname lastname Trade Daily distribution of commercial advertising exclusively for businesses engaged in wholesale buying/selling of large-lot merchandise and commodities internationally trade@intl-trade.com subject: subscribe Trade-News Distribution list for two weekly bulletins: Trade Week in Review and NAFTA Monitor, with a list of articles, books, videos, and upcoming conferences kmander@igc.apc.org message: subscribe Trade-News e-mail address World Trade Zone Posting of buy/sell/seek/company profile announcements for products and services in international trade requests@lists.worldtradezone.com message: subscribe WTZ-INTRADELEADS This page is sponsored by The Purchasing & Supply Yearbook, 2000 Edition. 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