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Tail Spend Management Solutions That Work

April 23, 2026

Key Takeaways You already know exactly where the bulk of your procurement budget goes. Modern manufacturing demands that you dedicate your best financial and management resources to securing your direct...

The Hidden Cost of “Dirty Data” in Your MRO Supply Chain

April 15, 2026

Key Takeaways You know the sinking feeling. A critical machine goes down, halting production. Your maintenance tech checks the CMMS, which shows three replacement motors in stock. But when they...

The Honest Truth About Supply Chain Volatility (And Why Your Current Strategy is Failing)

April 8, 2026

If you are a procurement or supply chain leader right now, you are likely exhausted. For the past several years, you’ve been forced to play a never-ending game of whack-a-mole....

Tariffs, Conflict & Cost Instability: How the Iran War Is Reshaping the Next Phase of Global Supply

March 24, 2026

Over the past several years, tariffs have fundamentally restructured the cost basis of global supply chains. Organizations responded by diversifying sourcing, renegotiating contracts, and recalibrating total landed costs to protect...

Storeroom Organization: How to Maximize Space and Efficiency

February 23, 2026

Key Takeaways Maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) stockrooms are no different from consumer product inventory systems—they must be built and managed to solve “customer” problems. In an MRO setting, these...

6 Signs Your MRO Supply Chain Is Leaking Money (And How to Plug the Holes)

February 11, 2026

Key Takeaways For most industrial organizations, the MRO supply chain doesn’t show up on the P&L as a headline cost. But when inefficiencies accumulate—fragmented buying, excess inventory, inconsistent data visibility—it...

Supplier Relationship Management: Consequences of Poor Purchasing Relationships and How to Avoid Them

January 28, 2026

Key Takeaways The Real Cost of MRO Stockouts In today’s volatile, interconnected business landscape, supplier relationship management (SRM) has become a strategic imperative—especially for asset-intensive organizations managing complex Maintenance, Repair,...

Which Procurement Method is Best? Centralized Purchasing vs. Decentralized Purchasing vs. Hybrid Models

November 20, 2025

Key Takeaways In today’s industrial environment—characterised by global supply‑chain disruption, cost pressures, digital transformation, and heightened reliability demands—procurement strategy for MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Operations) parts has never been more important. At SDI,...

How ZEUS Solves the Hidden Challenges of Integrated Parts Management

November 12, 2025

Key Takeaways Integrated Parts Management Is More Complex Than It Seems On the surface, Integrated Parts Management (IPM) sounds simple: unify the way you manage MRO parts across locations, systems,...

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Jeremy Jordan

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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