Sourcing

Source List Design Rationale

• The navigation of sources should depend on the good or service that is being searched for, including both item characteristics and productive potential of the source. Secondly the geographic proximity and accessibility should be shown.

• A first step is to categorize sources by their product set.

General Research and Development

Amazon Supply

Mcmaster-Carr

Wood, Metals and Plastics

Onlinemetals

Speedymetals

Discountsteel

Parker Steel

Metalsdepot

Shop4steel

Woodworkersource

Online Metal Supply

Allmetalsinc

Industrialmetalsales

Steelsolutions

Themetalstore

Electronics

Mouser

Circuit Specialists

Pololu

Newegg

Ncix

Radioshack

Sony

Frys

Maplin

Leadscrews and Nuts

Thomson BSA

Nook Industries

Haydon Kerk

Nordex

Leadscrews International

Roton

Velmex

Universal Thread

THK

Linear Motion Bearings

Moore International

Zycon

Precision Screw Thread

Parkermotion

Alibaba Leadscrew Suppliers

Surplus

• Electronics Goldmine - [1]
• Surpluscenter - [2]