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General

• OMC (Operations Management Center)
  This is an excellent repository of resources on OM. The factory-tour and news-feed sections are especially interesting.
• Technology & Operations Management
  http://members.tripod.co.uk/
  Another broad resource site.
• APICS
  http://www.apics.org/
  APICS is a large society of OM professionals.
• The Institute of Industrial Engineers
  http://www.iienet.org/
  Another professional society.
• INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
  http://www.informs.org/
  Another professional society.
• Manufacturing.Net
  http://www.manufacturing.net/
  An information portal.

Logistics and Supply-Chain Management

• Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
  http://www.cscmp.org/
  U.S. professional society, focused on logistics.
• SCL Canada
  http://www.sclcanada.org
  Canadian professional society.
• China Supply Chain Council
  http://www.supplychain.cn/
  Chinese professional society.
• Logistics Management Institute
  http://www.lmi.org/
  A private nonprofit company, which advises government clients on logistics.
• Supply Chain Management Review
  Online version of a magazine.
• SupplyChainBrain
  http://www.supplychainbrain.com/
  A portal for information.Transportation companies
  http://www.exel-logistics.com/
  http://www.kn-portal.com
  http://www.csx.com
  http://www.ups.com/
  http://www.fedex.com/
  All of these companies, in different ways, are trying to move beyond simple transportation services to complete logistics solutions.

Lean Operations

• Lean Enterprise Institute
  http://www.lean.org/
  A training-consulting operation.

Mass Customization

• Mass Customization
  http://www.mass-customization.de/
  General information source.The following companies provide various types of equipment to support mass customization:
• Orca Photonic Systems
  http://www.laser-cutting.com/fromewtindex.html
• Gerber Scientific
  http://www.gerberscientific.com/

Quality

• American Society for Quality
  http://www.asq.org/
  The main professional organization in the U.S.
• Quality Resources Online
  One person’s links.
• ISO
  http://www.iso.ch/
  The ISO 9000 people.
• iSixSigma
  http://www.isixsigma.com/
  A magazine and information portal.

Information Technology in Operations

• CIO
  http://www.cio.com/
  Magazine for IT executives.
• Computerworld ERP/Supply Chain
  Information portal.
• Information Week
  http://www.informationweek.com/
  Online version of IT weekly magazine.
• TEC (Technology Evaluation Centers)
  Company specializing in evaluation of software.
• RFID Journal
  http://www.rfidjournal.com
  Online magazine devoted to RFID.