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Tail spend management

Tail Spend Management Solutions That Work

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...
Hidden Cost of Dirty Data

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

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...
Storeroom Organization How to Maximize Space and Efficiency

Storeroom Organization: How to Maximize Space and Efficiency

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...
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...

How to Create an Efficient Maintenance Room Floor Plan

Your maintenance room is more than just a storage space—it’s a strategic asset. An efficient maintenance room floor plan ensures quick access to critical inventory, minimizes downtime, and supports proactive...
MRO Data Management

7 Functions that Benefit from MRO Data Management

MRO Master Data Management is a discipline driven by two functional areas in manufacturing – Maintenance/Operations Master Data Management for MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) is far more than a...
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...

Identifying and Managing Critical Spares

In today’s landscape, every minute of unplanned downtime can lead to significant financial losses and production delays. With ongoing supply chain challenges and longer lead times, establishing an effective critical...
Navigating Inflationary Pressures

Navigating Inflationary Pressures: Strategic Cost Management and Cooperative Purchasing

In today’s volatile economic landscape, procurement professionals face unprecedented challenges in managing costs effectively while balancing time constraints and strategic initiatives. This article explores innovative strategies to navigate inflationary pressures...
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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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