How 3D Printing Can Be Utilized to Futureproof the Facility Maintenance Supply Chain
How can we mitigate risk around asset downtime? What happens when OEMs or suppliers of critical materials are affected by pandemic-related issues, inflation, international conflicts, or natural disasters? Disruption has...
Join SDI at the ConnexFM National Conference in Long Beach, CA in April
Posted by Charnett Moffett on Tue, 03/29/2022 The ConnexFM National Conference in Long Beach, CA is less than one month away and it may be THE show to attend for...
Posted by Charnett Moffett on Wed, 12/15/2021 In our recent blog post, Why Top Manufacturers are Leveraging Digital Supply Chain to Support ESG Goals, we talked about how inefficiencies in...
Why Top Manufacturers and Multi-site FMs are leveraging digital supply chain to support ESG goals
Posted by Charnett Moffett on Wed, 11/17/2021 In today’s reality of extreme weather and dramatic climate shifts, environmental sustainability is one of the single greatest challenges facing the current and...
Overcoming the Unintended Consequences of the New K-12 Normal
As we look forward to the next K-12 school year, school leaders are in a uniquely challenging position. However, in this case the cliché is true … “Challenges are the...
How COVID-19 Affected the Supply Chain in the Education Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic proved that global and regional surges in demand can critically impact supply chain in education sector, exposing the faults of conventional wisdom regarding supply chain: that it’s...
PPE for Schools: A guide to ASTM International’s new mask standard
Posted by Charnett Moffett on Tue, 04/27/2021 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ASTM International published its first-ever standard for face coverings to help establish minimum design, performance, labeling and...
“…It’s the first live event we will attend, since Covid…” “…Will enough FM’s show to make it worth it… What about the delta variant?” These were the questions that were racing...
Everything administrators need to know about school district procurement for PPE
Emerging trends in procuring PPE and other essential materials The COVID-19 pandemic caused many institutions to rethink their procurement processes. District leaders have faced an especially daunting challenge – to uphold...
