ANSI is a private, non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Mission The Institute's mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity.

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) has been the leading quality improvement organization in the United States for more than 50 years.

ASSE is a professional safety organization and is an excellent resource for safety standards and news.

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The Best Manufacturing Practices Program is a unique industry and government cooperative technology transfer effort that improves the global competitiveness of the U.S. industrial base.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) was organized as a peer certification board with the purpose of certifying practitioners in the safety profession. The specific functions of the Board, as outlined in its Charter, are to evaluate the academic and professional experience qualifications of safety professionals, to administer examinations, and to issue certificates of qualification to those professionals who meet the Board's criteria and successfully pass its examinations. BCSP holds national accreditation.

Brint.com is the premier Business Technology knowledge portal and global community network recommended by Business Week and others. Brint.com knowledge portals are the largest and most popular resource for E-Business, Information, Technology, and Knowledge Management-related content, community and commerce for the brave new world of business.

Reed Business Information (formerly Cahners Business Information) is a leading provider of critical information and marketing solutions to business professionals in targeted industry sectors.

The Canadian Standards Association is a not-for-profit membership-based association serving business, industry, government, and consumers in Canada and the global marketplace.

Consumer Reports Online is published by Consumers Union, an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization. Since 1936, CU's mission has been to test products, inform the public, and protect consumers. A comprehensive source for unbiased advice about products and services, personal finance, health and nutrition, and other consumer concerns.

We are a non-profit alliance of leading technology companies who are working together to solve industry-wide challenges. The Consortium is dedicated to shaping the future of customer support through the development of innovative strategies, business models, and industry standards.

Welcome to our Delphi.com tour! Here you'll find everything you need to start participating in stimulating, interesting, informative discussions. But first, a definition: A Forum is an online meeting place where people communicate in "round-table" discussions. In other words, everyone sees what everyone else has to say.

ODVA is the organization that manages the DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP network technology and standards in addition to promoting their worldwide adoption in industrial automation. DeviceNet incorporates CAN technology and provides a low-cost industrial network used to connect industrial devices.

With 4400 independently owned stores world wide, Do it Best Corp. was founded in 1945 as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. (HWI) to provide great products at great prices.

Electricians' Toolbox our goal is to share information that is useful to the electrician as well as the electrical contractor. This site is full of different options: definitions, formulas, useful info, discussion group, downloads and more.

On-line Learning for Electricians, training, calculators, codes.

ENERGY STAR offers businesses and consumers energy efficient solutions - helping to save money while protecting the environment for future generations.

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FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 70 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them.

FindArticles.com is a vast archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.

Hoover's, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOOV) delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence that drives business growth. Hoover's provides sales, marketing, business development, and recruiting professionals with the global business intelligence they need to prospect and prepare for client meetings, sales presentations, vendor and partner negotiations, and other business opportunities.

Published exclusively by the IEEE, the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC®) sets the ground rules for practical safeguarding of persons during the installation, operation, or maintenance of electric supply and communication lines and associated equipment

The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 375,000 individual members in 150 countries. The full name is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., although the organization is most popularly known and referred to by the letters I-E-E-E. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology, and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace, and consumer electronics, among others.

Founded in 1948, the Institute of Industrial Engineers is the society dedicated to serving the professional needs of industrial engineers and all individuals involved with improving quality and productivity.

The official website of the Instrumentation Society of America (ISA).

The International Electrotechnical Commission is the international standards and conformity assessment body for all fields of electrotechnology.

This site is sponsored by a group of guaranty agencies that participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). They are committed to providing information about higher education and career opportunities. Mapping Your Future's mission is to counsel students and families about college, career, and financial aid choices through a state-of-the-art, public service web site.

The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically based consensus codes and standards, research, training and education. Publisher of the National Electrical Code®, Life Safety Code®, and 300 other codes and standards.

NEC educational materials, discussion forums.

NEMA, created in the fall of 1926 by the merger of the Electric Power Club and the Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies, provides a forum for the standardization of electrical equipment, enabling consumers to select from a range of safe, effective, and compatible electrical products.

The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) is the only engineering society that represents individual engineering professionals and licensed engineers (PEs) across all disciplines. Founded in 1934, NSPE strengthens the engineering profession by promoting engineering licensure and ethics, enhancing the engineer image, advocating and protecting PEs' legal rights at the national and state levels, publishing news of the profession, providing continuing education opportunities, and much more.

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OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.

PLANT ENGINEERING magazine depends on people like you to share their knowledge and insights for ensuring production capacity. Since its first issue in 1947, PLANT ENGINEERING has stood as the leading problem-solving information source for America's industrial plant engineers.

The Patent Cafe is a gathering place where professionals and new inventors, researchers and innovators, and kids and adults trade ideas or explore new thoughts and dreams. For each of these, the Patent Cafe provides a tailor-made online community meeting 'place'.

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INFOMINE is intended for the introduction and use of Internet resources of relevance to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It is being offered as a virtual library and reference tool containing highly useful Internet resources including databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, listservs, online library card catalogs, articles and directories of researchers, among many other types of information.

Ingenta is the global research gateway serving the online information needs of over 1.4 million visitors a month. It provides a free online search service of published content from reliable research sources and is one of the UK's top 20 Web services.

Welcome to The Virtual Library of Energy Science and Technology hosted by the Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information. The Library includes three vast virtual resources covering each of the three main ways by which scientists communicate their findings: journal literature, gray literature, and preprints. Many other resources of interest are available, including the new DOE R&D Portfolio Web site, which describes the scope of DOE R&D Programs.

The Society is interested in both applied and theoretical issues in robotics and automation. Robotics is here defined to include intelligent machines and systems used, for example, in space exploration, human services, or manufacturing; whereas automation includes the use of automated methods in various applications, for example, factory, office, home, laboratory automation, or transportation systems to improve performance and productivity.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers is an international professional society dedicated to serving its members and the manufacturing community through the advancement of professionalism, knowledge, and learning.

Starting your own business or buying a franchise is tough, even in a strong economy. You'll have to research the market, secure financing, open a shop, hire employees, and run the enterprise.

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Thomas Register is the most comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America.

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UL.com is your connection with Underwriters Laboratories Inc., whether you need to submit a product, register for training seminars, or learn about our quality assessment solutions. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification organization.

Portal to the woodworking industry and beyond with links, forums, reviews, articles and more.

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