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Reliability Starts Before Maintenance Begins: Connecting MRO Parts Management to Maintenance Performance

How connected data, procurement, and storeroom operations help maintenance teams spend less time chasing parts and more time keeping assets running. A maintenance technician’s day can be consumed by work...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Managed Trade Is Becoming an MRO Leadership Issue

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

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...
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The Critical Spares Audit Are You Storing Trash or Treasure

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

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

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...
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Jeremy Jordan
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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