APICS
APICS is the Educational Society for Resource Management is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With nearly 70,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line. · The source of knowledge and expertise for manufacturing and service industries across the entire supply chain in such areas as materials management, information services, purchasing and quality. · The leading provider of high-quality, cutting-edge educational programs that advance organizational success in a changing, competitive marketplace · a successful developer of two internationally recognized certification programs, Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM)

APICS

Automated Information Management
AIM is the global trade association of providers and users of components, networks, systems, and services that manage the collection and integration of data with information management systems. AIM strives to stimulate the understanding, adoption, and use of technology and member company products and services through setting standards, marketing and education, market research, advocacy, and information technology industry relations

Automated Information Management

Chicago Manufacturing Center USA
The Chicago Manufacturing Center works with manufacturers to improve performance and productivity through our management, process, and information technology consulting services. Using our staff of expert consultants and a network of alliance partners, we provide a full range of business, technical and financial services tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized manufacturers.

Chicago Manufacturing Center USA

Management Association of Illinois
Employeers trust the Management Association of Illinois as a source for Human Resource solutions leading to improved organizational success for those we serve. As an employers' association, we have been dedicated to delivering reliable information and cost-effective services to member organizations for 103 years.

Management Association of Illinois

Manufacturing Engineering, Inc.
The cost of manufacturing represents the major cost component for companies involved in the transition of raw materials to products. These materials, processes, procedures, and the means by which they are implemented have a major impact on cost and delivery performance. Manufacturing Engineering, Inc. is a firm that develops and implements integrated solutions that pay for themselves.

Manufacturing Engineering, Inc.

Motion Time Measurement Association (MTM)
The MTM Association provides educational services in the following areas: · MTM Based Pre-determined Time Systems · Standard Data Development · Ergonomics · General Industrial Engineering Techniques

Motion Time Measurement Association (MTM)

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
The National Association of Manufacturers – \"18 million people who make things in America\" – is the nation’s largest and oldest multi-industry trade association. The NAM represents 14,000 member companies (including more than 10,000 small and mid-sized manufacturers) and 350 member associations serving manufacturers and employees in every industrial sector and all 50 states. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the NAM has 10 additional offices across the country.

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA)
Since its formation in 1933, the Precision Machined Products Association (formerly NSMPA) has been the sole provider of Industry-specific information. With the combined strength of over 580 members, PMPA is able to provide a variety of management and technical services to help support member companies in all areas of supervision and production. Today, PMPA serves a growing membership from all across North America.

Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA)

SCORE Association
The SCORE Association (Service Corps Of Retired Executives) is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration. SCORE is dedicated to aiding in the formation, growth, and success of small business nationwide. THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE.

SCORE Association

Screw Machine World .Com
Introducing SMW, the screw machine industry's new online resource made especially for you! Packed with industry news, resources, company information and many interactive elements to give you the tools you need when you need them!

Screw Machine World .Com

Smallbusiness.com
Smallbusiness.com connects you with the relevant advice and experiences of other small businesses to help you make better decisions every day

Smallbusiness.com

Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
SME is the world’s leading professional society serving the manufacturing industries. Through its publications, expositions, professional development resources and member programs, SME influences more than 500,000 manufacturing executives, managers and engineers. Founded in 1932, SME has some 60,000 members in 70 countries and supports a network of hundreds of chapters worldwide.

Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

The Tooling & Manufacturing Association (TMA)
The Tooling & Manufacturing Association was founded in 1925. Through the years, members established programs and services that would help their businesses grow and prosper, train their employees and provide medical benefits. As a result of these efforts, TMA has grown into a 1,600+ member not-for-profit organization of precision metalworking, plastic molding, and supplier companies in the Chicago area.

The Tooling & Manufacturing Association (TMA)

U.S. Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor is charged with preparing the American workforce for new and better jobs, and ensuring the adequacy of America's workplaces. It is responsible for the administration and enforcement of over 180 federal statutes. These legislative mandates and the regulations produced to implement them cover a wide variety of workplace activities for nearly 10 million employers and well over 100 million workers, including protecting workers' wages, health and safety, employment and pension rights; promoting equal employment opportunity; administering job training, unemployment insurance and workers' compensation programs; strengthening free collective bargaining and collecting, analyzing and publishing labor and economic statistics.

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration, established in 1953, provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, in addition to a venture capital portfolio of $13 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses. Last year, the SBA offered management and technical assistance to more than one million small business owners. The SBA also plays a major role in the government's disaster relief efforts by making low-interest recovery loans to both homeowners and businesses.

U.S. Small Business Administration

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
The American National Standards Institute has served in its capacity as administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system for more than 80 years. Founded in 1918 by five engineering societies and three government agencies, the Institute remains a private, nonprofit membership organization supported by a diverse constituency of private and public sector organizations.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Their web site introduces many topics in About Quality. Learn the details of their organization’s background and structure in About ASQ. Standards and Certification provides information on the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 standards, QS-9000 requirements, and ASQ certification programs. ASQ Products lets you order from our online catalog or register for Education, Courses, and Conferences. Search the on-line directory, the Virtual Quality Network, for products and services for quality and continuous improvement.

American Society for Quality (ASQ)

Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
The Automotive Industry Action Group is a globally recognized organization founded in 1982 by a group of visionary managers from DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and General Motors. The purpose: To provide an open forum where members cooperate in developing and promoting solutions that enhance the prosperity of the automotive industry. AIAG’s focus is to continuously improve business processes and practices involving trading partners throughout the supply chain.

Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)

Cayman Systems
Cayman Business Systems is a consulting company established in 1989 to provide technical consultation and expertise in documentation and configuration management / quality assurance & quality planning systems / manufacturing & assembly systems.

Cayman Systems

International Automotive Sector Group
IASG is an international ad hoc working group consisting of: automotive-OEM representatives, accreditation bodies, registrars, and suppliers.

International Automotive Sector Group

International Organization for Standardization
ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.

International Organization for Standardization

Kaizen Institute
Kaizen Institute (KI) is a global management consulting company, recognized as the international leader in helping companies implement KAIZEN tools and strategies. KI's consulting services enable client's to secure a competitive advantage, within their own particular industry. Since our Founder, Masaaki Imai, introduced the word KAIZEN to the world in 1985, KAIZEN has become an extremely well known and widely practiced management philosophy.

Kaizen Institute

National Center for Mfg Sciences (NCMS)
Organized under the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984; formed in 1986 Largest cross-industry collaborative R&D consortium in North America Only consortia effort in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Manufacturing technologies, processes and practices. Backed by over 150 dues-paying corporate members representing virtually every sector of the manufacturing community Staffed internally with a diverse array of technical and administrative capabilities Maintains no laboratory facilities in-house Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., with an office in Washington, DC.

National Center for Mfg Sciences (NCMS)

Quality Technology Company
Quality Technology Company is the pioneer provider of management consulting and training services in the manufacturing and service industries. We are proud to be the only consulting company in Illinois (USA) to have achieved certification to international Quality and Environmental Management System standards. They are also the writers of the award winning software QSTAT self-assessment software. Their site poor, but the people their are very, very good.

Quality Technology Company

Six Sigma Academy
The Six Sigma Academy champions the research principles of the Six Sigma methodology. The Academy's Breakthrough Strategysm, offers a proven solution to companies seeking quality and productivity improvement through training, using the SSA Navigator™ software and its suite of innovative tools. It has achieved worldwide acceptance and success.

Six Sigma Academy

Society of Automotive Engineers. (SAE)
The Society of Automotive Engineers is your one-stop resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space.

Society of Automotive Engineers. (SAE)

Asset Trade,
Asset Trade, - The Definitive Global Marketplace for Used Industrial Equipment. To find an item, select an industry category or by a specific item ID, browse their Inventory All (12784) items.

Asset Trade,

ATS Used Machinery
ATS is a well-known dealer in the used machine tool industry. Specializing in a variety of metal-cutting equipment, ATS buys, transfers and disposes of a customer’s surplus capital equipment. We have over 600 machine tools at our heated, 114,000 square-foot warehouse in Peoria, Illinois.

ATS Used Machinery

DoveBid
DoveBid, a leader in Webcast and online business-to-business capital asset auctions and valuation services.

DoveBid

Free Markets Asset Exchange
Free Markets Asset Exchange is the market leader, with more than $30 million in surplus assets sold and more than $750 million in surplus asset listings. We help sellers get market-based prices for their assets, while giving buyers fast, convenient access to the assets they need. Both sides win at Free Markets Asset Exchange.

Free markets Asset Exchange

MachineTools.com
MachineTools.com, MachineTools.com's mission is to create a fully objective, comprehensive and current marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of machines tools, tooling and related goods and services. This all-inclusive machinery-market site brings together end-users, OEMs, distributors, dealers and auctioneers under one virtual roof. End users can buy new and used machines with the click of a mouse. Distributors can list machines with unprecedented efficiency.

MachineTools.com

Online Asset Exchange
The Online Asset Exchange is the world's largest marketplace for used industrial assets. The exchange allows buyers and sellers to interact directly through our web site creating a completely neutral and efficient trading place. This forum makes buying and selling used assets easier than ever before for both buyers and sellers.

Online Asset Exchange

PMPA Source Guide
PMPA source of technical member for high quality material and equipment used in the precision-machined products industry.

PMPA Source Guide

Trade Out
Trade out is a large online marketplace for businesses buying and selling excess inventory and idle assets. The Company was formed in October 1998 and is headquartered in Valhalla, New York. Trade out brings together thousands of companies to buy and sell surplus assets in over 100 product categories, using flexible, online transaction capabilities. Trade out is an independent exchange, and therefore does not purchase or take possession of assets, collect payments, fulfill purchase orders or represent any buyers or sellers.

Trade out

American Purchasing Society
The American Purchasing Society is an organization of buyers, purchasing managers, executives, and others interested in the purchasing profession. It was founded in 1969 and has members from every state and 28 countries worldwide. Its objective is to improve the business purchasing function through education and its certification program. It was the first organization to establish a certification program for buyers and purchasing managers and its Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP) program is unique because it not only measures the competence of the applicants through a written examination, but it conducts reference checks to evaluate the applicant's business reputation. The Society's educational objectives are achieved through training programs and its own educational publications of interest to business and the purchasing community.

American Purchasing Society

Covisint
Auto Industry Online Purchasing Exchange Approved by Regulators An Internet purchasing exchange created by General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler was recently approved by U.S. antitrust regulators. Such online joint ventures have a great potential to benefit both businesses and consumers through increased productivity and lower prices, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky said in a statement.

Covisint

e-STEEL
e-STEEL is the leading provider of open e-Commerce solutions that connect the global metals supply chain and create real value... e-STEEL offers the steel industry a total e-commerce solution, with the online exchange being just one part of it. e-STEEL also provides the right tools - integration that links buyers and sellers, and consultation and support services - so users can achieve their full e-commerce potential.

e-STEEL

ezBOL
ezBOL.com can help your company buy and sell products faster and more cost-effectively by combining existing business processes and the power of the Internet.

ezBOL

Free markets On Line
Free markets is the original and world's leading B2B MarketPlace. Free markets is saving millions for businesses purchasing everything from injection molded plastic parts to coal to tax preparation services. And achieving premiums for those same businesses when they need to sell surplus plant inventory and equipment.

Free markets On Line

Manufacturing Net
Manufacturing.Net is the most powerful manufacturing e-marketplace on the World Wide Web, free to all industrial buyers and specifiers. It’s a comprehensive site where you can learn, find, compare and -- coming soon -- buy from suppliers you trust.

Manufacturing Net

Material Net
Material net offers a complete suite of Internet-based tools for procurement managers and e-business strategists alike. Our technology will boost your productivity and profitability.

Material net

PMPA Source Guide
PMPA source of technical member for high quality material and equipment used in the precision-machined products industry. Also a source for material suppliers.

PMPA Source Guide

Vertical Net
Vertical net® Marketplaces unite buyers and sellers by providing the in-depth content, community, and commerce needed to transact business on the web. Buyers can find the information they need to quickly locate, source and purchase products and services online. Suppliers can leverage a \"one-to-many solution\" by showcasing products and services across multiple communities to target and reach highly qualified buyers and specifiers and make sales. All participants benefit from the knowledge, information and collaboration that makes Vertical net® Marketplaces the most comprehensive, vertically focused B-to-B resource available online today.

Vertical net

Chicago Bureau of Tourism
The Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau have over 1,600 member organizations listed in various categories, ranging from Accommodations to Attractions to Convention Services & Suppliers. This site is just as helpful in business trip planning, as it is to plan just a fun trip to the city!

Chicago Bureau of Tourism

Chicago Park District
Works to enhance the quality of life throughout Chicago by becoming the leading provider of recreational and leisure opportunities. 312-742-PLAY

Chicago Park District

Chicago Sun Times Website
For all the latest information you need right at your fingertips.

Chicago Sun Times Website

Chicago Tribune Website
The daily news and events are just a mouse-click away at this website.

Chicago Tribune Website

Culture Finder
This is a nice site for the arts & Broadway in Chicago.

Culture Finder

NBA Website
Your guide to the Chicago Bulls' action along with other NBA favorite teams.

NBA Website

NFL Website
Guide to Chicago Bears football as well as other NFL teams.

NFL Website

NHL Website
Link to Chicago Blackhawks hockey and other NHL teams.

NHL Website

Omni Youth Services
Dedicated to strengthening families by developing responsible children, youth, and parents; empowering individuals to become positive participants in the community. 847-541-0190

Omni Youth Services

Village Of Wheeling
Check out local events and the latest developments in Wheeling. Also see this site for history of the town and updates on community life.

Village Of Wheeling

American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers that provides relief to victims of disasters as well as help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. 800-HELP-NOW

American Red Cross

Anti-Cruelty Society
Provides human education, low-cost spay/neuter surgeries, cruelty investigation, ambulance service, behavior counseling, low-cost vet services, animal assisted therapy, and more to the Chicago land community. 312-644-8338

Anti-Cruelty Society

Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Their mission is to enable all young people to realize their potential as productive and responsible citizens. 404-815-5700

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Little Brothers/Friends of the Elderly
Committed to relieving isolation and loneliness among the elderly. 312-829-3055

Little Brothers/Friends of the Elderly

MADD
Provides local programs to assist victims of alcohol-related crashes; educates the public of dangers of drunk and drugged driving. 800-438-6233

MADD

Make-A-Wish Foundation
Works to fulfill the favorite wishes of children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 18 who are battling life-threatening illnesses. 800-722-WISH

Make-A-Wish Foundation

National Mentoring Partnership
Advocates for expanding mentoring programs and resourcing mentors.

National Mentoring Partnership

Ronald McDonald House
Help families overcome the stresses associated with a child's illness by encouraging supportive interaction with other parents in a comfortable, homelike environment. 773-324-KIDS

Ronald McDonald House

Salvation Army
An international movement to meet basic human needs without discrimination. 800-SAL-ARMY

Salvation Army

Translate with BabelFish
A useful utility website that provides an Internet-based translation feature which can translate English into and from Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Portuguese.

Translate with BabelFish

U.S. Committee for UNICEF
Provides clean water and sanitation, improved nutrition, basic education and emergency assistance to children around the world. 800-FOR-KIDS

U.S. Committee for UNICEF

United Way
National system of volunteers, contributors, and local charities helping people in their own communities. 703-836-7100

United Way

YMCA of the USA
Builds strong kids and communities. 800-872-9622

YMCA of the USA

YWCA of the USA
Empower women and girls; eliminate racism. 212-273-7800

YWCA of the USA