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How Facilities Management Data Analytics Can Help Capture more MRO Spend

Key Takeaways You likely already recognize that your maintenance team uses spare parts, consumables and materials to keep your assets running. But did you know much of that same consumables...
Warehouse Management Software Features

Essential Warehouse Management Software Features

Key Takeaways Why Warehouse Management Software Matters More Than Ever In today’s fast-paced, digitally connected supply chain environment, outdated systems or manual processes are no longer sustainable. Whether you’re managing...
Slob Inventory

Ridding Your Warehouse of SLOB Inventory: How to Eliminate Waste & Unlock Value

In today’s competitive industrial landscape, Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) inventory that sits unused can become a silent profit killer. Whether it’s spare machine parts, fasteners, seals, gasket materials, or...
Risk Mitigation Through Diversified Suppliers

Risk Mitigation Through Diversified Suppliers: The Cooperative Approach

In today’s volatile global market, supply risk mitigation is no longer optional—it’s a strategic imperative. From geopolitical instability, labor shortages, ever evolving tariffs and extreme weather events, disruptions can strike...
Tariff Escalation

The August Reckoning: EU and Canada Tariff Escalation Forces Emergency MRO Strategy Pivot

August 2025 shattered remaining supply chain stability. Trump’s 30% EU tariff and 35% Canadian tariff escalation have eliminated decades-old sourcing relationships, forcing immediate strategic pivots for manufacturing executives. The message...
GPOs vs Coops

Why Cooperative Purchasing Outperforms GPOs in MRO Spend Management

In today’s complex supply chain landscape, organizations are under increasing pressure to drive cost savings, improve efficiency, and maintain control over their Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) procurement. Group Purchasing...
Tail Spend in Your Organization

How to Identify and Classify Tail Spend in Your Organization

In today’s complex procurement environments, tail spend represents a unique strategic opportunity. Often defined by its diversity, tail spend includes the many smaller, lower-dollar transactions that make up a significant...
Mobile Procurement Process

How Mobile Procurement Tools Save Money & Extend Equipment Uptime

As manufacturing operations grow more complex, the demand for responsive, real-time sourcing of MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) supplies has never been greater. SDI has long been a leader in...
Mitigate Rising Costs in U.S. Manufacturing

Navigating Tariff Turbulence: How SDI Mitigates Rising Costs in U.S. Manufacturing

As U.S. manufacturers brace for a new wave of tariff policies—ranging from sweeping steel and aluminum duties to looming pharmaceutical import restrictions—supply chains are feeling the pressure. The result? Rising...
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Chief Operations Officer & EVP Supply Chain Cooperative at
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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