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June Tariff Update: Managed Trade Is Becoming an MRO Leadership Issue

June 24, 2026

In May, we wrote that MRO procurement was entering the era of managed trade — an environment where tariff exposure is no longer defined by broad policy announcements alone, but...

The “Critical Spares” Audit: Are You Storing Trash or Treasure?

June 4, 2026

Key Takeaways Walk into almost any manufacturing or facility storeroom, and you will see shelves packed to the ceiling. It looks like readiness. It feels like security. But if...

May 2026 Tariff Update: Why MRO Supply Chains Are Entering the Managed Trade Era

May 27, 2026

For much of the past year, supply chain leaders have been asking the same questions about tariffs: How much will prices increase? Which categories will be hit next? How quickly...

Optimizing Your Supply Chain: How A Collaborative Model Can Transform Your Business

May 21, 2026

Key Takeaways The MRO Nightmare: When Good Strategies Go Stagnant It’s a story we hear constantly from Procurement Leaders, Supply Chain Executives, and Facility Managers: You invest heavily in a...

How to Bypass the RFP Nightmare with Cooperative Purchasing

May 6, 2026

Key Takeaways The traditional RFP (Request for Proposal) process for MRO and indirect spend is often described by procurement leaders as a “necessary evil.” It’s a marathon of administrative hurdles,...

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...

Why Your ERP Isn’t Enough for MRO Inventory Management

March 11, 2026

Key Takeaways If your organization has invested millions into a top-tier Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system like SAP or Oracle, you likely expected it to be a silver-bullet solution for...

Tariffs 2.0: Why Friction, Not Cost, is Your New Enemy

February 18, 2026

Structural Volatility Is Now Embedded in MRO and Supply Chain Operations If December 2025 established that elevated tariffs are a permanent operating condition, January confirmed a more precise and consequential...

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...

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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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