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Why You Need Better Inventory Visibility

Why You Need Better Inventory Visibility, Including What’s Managed by a Third Party

Key Takeaways   You can’t manage—or improve—what you can’t see. For Supply Chain Executives, Procurement Leaders, and Facility Managers, this isn’t just an old business adage. It’s a daily, expensive...
U.S.-Canada Escalation Puts MRO Control to the Test

September Tariff Update: U.S.-Canada Escalation Puts MRO Control to the Test

 As a procurement or supply chain leader, keeping your facilities running while protecting your operating margins is tough enough in a stable market. When sudden international trade policy shifts hit,...
The Financial Impact of Collaborative Supply Chain Management on Your Bottom Line

The Financial Impact of Collaborative Supply Chain Management on Your Bottom Line

Key Takeaways   The Hidden Cost of Siloed Operations Managing MRO across disparate plants or facilities often feels like working in the dark. As your company has grown—whether through organic...

Taking Back Control of Your MRO Data Management

Key Takeaways   You walk into your facility’s storeroom looking for a critical replacement part. The production line is down, costing thousands of dollars a minute. Your Enterprise Resource Planning...
The Dark Side of MRO Integrated Supply

The Dark Side of MRO Integrated Supply: Fear of Losing Control (And How to Mitigate It)

Key Takeaways   When Procurement Leaders and Supply Chain Executives consider moving to an MRO integrated supply model, the conversation usually stalls on a single, unspoken fear: “If I outsource...
Why MRO Inventory Forecasting Requires a Different Model

Why MRO Inventory Forecasting Requires a Different Model

Introducing SDI AIM, an in-house platform built around the realities of industrial demand, critical spares, and maintenance-driven supply chains. Industrial organizations rarely have an inventory problem in isolation. Instead, they...

5 Reasons Mobile Procurement Technology Implementations Fail (And How to Prevent Them)

Key Takeaways   You just signed the contract for a shiny new procurement app. The projected ROI looks incredible on paper. You expect streamlined operations, total spend visibility, and lightning-fast...
MRO Leaders Need Control

July Tariff Update: MRO Leaders Need Control, Not Just Visibility

Last month, we noted that managed trade is rapidly evolving into a critical MRO leadership issue. Since then, the tariff environment has continued along that exact trajectory. The defining story...

Better Tail Spend Management = Hidden Savings

The procurement landscape has fundamentally shifted. In an era of shrinking profit margins, volatile supply chains, and demanding production schedules, organizations can no longer afford to ignore the bottom 20%...
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With over 25 years of experience in business outsourcing and professional services environments across multiple industry verticals, Jeremy has responsibility for all day-to-day operations for SDI’s Supply Chain Cooperative. Jeremy has a great deal of experience developing and leading high performance teams to operational excellence with a highly successful track record of driving continuous and innovative process excellence across complex organizations. His diverse blend of functional experience in high growth and turnaround outsourcing organizations brings a wealth of expertise to best align SDI’s supply chain solution to our clients’ needs, both operationally and financially.
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