Purchasing Consulting and Training Services
Marketplaces and Portals:
ChemConnect
Information, tools, and services for Chemical Buyers

Corporate Express
One of the world’s largest business-to-business suppliers of essential office and computer products and services with 2002 sales of approximately $5 billion in North America. Corporate

Covisint
Creating interoperability within the automotive industry through its Industry Operating System Model.

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
This Guide is a reference tool for government and school purchasers who want to buy more wisely. Identifying examples in over 30 product areas, the Guide will help you find ways to reduce workplace hazards, consume less energy, and protect natural resources

Exostar
Provider of integrated supply chain solutions to the aerospace and defense industry

Grainger
This is the very user-friendly site of the well-known business-to-business distributor.

Mectronic
A centralized search engine to hi-tech manufacturers of electronics and electrical, mechanical products and services. Search by manufacturer, product or service. Can send an RFP to one or multiple suppliers. There is a fee.

Metal Suppliers Online
The searchable catalog inventory of 2800 North American metal suppliers. Comprehensive data covering properties, specifications, tradenames, fabrication data and more.

MRO-Explorer
Searches solely for MRO suppliers of industrial products and services. Thousands of suppliers listed in 15 categories.

Need2Buy
Electronic component search page

netCOMPONENTS
Site for the sourcing and procurement of electronic components in a direct, disclosed (non-anonymous) and vendor-neutral environment.

Office Depot
The online arm of the nationwide office supply chain, this site allows you to purchase your supplies via the Internet. Payment is either COD or by credit card and they offer next-day delivery at no charge.

PaperSpace
Marketplace for Paper trading

PartMiner
Global supplier of electronic components and online provider of component information needed by engineers and purchasers in the electronics industry. Also provider of excess inventory management services and enterprise solutions.

Recycler's World
A site that is basically an online list of want ads advertising scrap metals that are either available or wanted. You can post an a d in 4 categories of metal: Iron and Steel, Non-Ferrous Metals, Precious Metals and Exotic Metals. Listings are free and left on the site for 30 days. You can also buy, trade and sell other recycled materials at the site such as wood, batteries and computers

Sorcity
Sorcity provides a Reverse-Auction environment, where buyers post what they need to buy with all their terms, then sellers can determine if they meet those needs and desire to bid through a competitive, open forum online.

Tpage-Real Traders Network
Business-to-business international trade portal