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Welcome to the SBANC Small Business Links Page! This SBANC page is a “One-Stop Shop” for finding small business-related information.

     APICS The Educational Society for Resource Management

APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line

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     Institute for Supply Management

A not-for-profit association that provides national and international leadership in purchasing and supply management research and education.

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     ITToolbox

ITtoolbox is a knowledge network and support environment for the IT industry. As IT professionals or business decision-makers need information to complete a task or make a decision, they can turn to ITtoolbox to quickly get specific answers to their unique questions.

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     LogLink.com

LogLink is a search engine dedicated to the transportation and logistics industry. Inside you'll find thousands of websites in industries such as travel, transportation, supply chain, logistics, warehousing, distribution, freight, forwarding, third-party logistics and more.

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     LogLink.net

Logistics Links from LogLink is a collection of the top websites in the transportation and logistics industry. You'll find links to air, rail, sea, and land transport and logistics. You'll also find several links to general topics in transportation and logistics.

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     Loggie.com

loggie.com is a catalog of websites in the freight transportation and logistics industry.

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     Manufacturing.net

The online magazine of total supply chain management and e-procurement

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     National Association of Purchasing Management - Arkansas

National Association of Purchasing Management affiliate

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     NAPM Electronics Group

The NAPM Electronics Group has the responsibility to provide leadership and education in the development of world class procurement practices in technology based industries.

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     NAPM - Reading, Inc.

Respond to our members' needs for professional development through the effective use of volunteers, affiliate organizations, and other resources.

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     Supply Chain Management Guide

Advice on supply chain management (Powerpoint Presentation).

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     The Supply-Chain Council Inc.

The Supply-Chain Council was formed in 1996-1997 as a grass roots initiative by forward thinking individuals representing companies including AMR Research , Bayer, Compaq Computer, Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM), Procter & Gamble, Lockheed Martin, Nortel, Rockwell Semiconductor, and Texas Instruments.

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     Thomas Regional

The internet's most comprehensive source of industrial purchasing information on 480,000 manufacturers, distributors, and service companies.

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     Yantra Corporation

A leading developer of e-commerce ready supply chain execution software. Their product, pure commerce is an end to end fulfillment solution that manages the entire lifecycle of an order, from the moment the order is transacted, through the process of picking, packing and shipping the order to the customer and facilitating returns.

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The small business version of Business Week online. They provide the most up to date news on small business.



The website for Inc. magazine. A great resource for the growing company.



Provides demographic information about the US and it's population.



One-stop internet browsing for business, trade, and economic information.



The website for entrepreneur magazine. A great resource for the entrepreneur in all of us.



Provides tax information for small businesses and entrepreneurs.



This site is an extremely useful resource for entrepreneurs. It allows you to sift through information on starting, growing, and supporting your business.



This site is a vast resource for small business research in the all areas. News, publications and information concerning white papers are Also available on this site.