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MRO Supply Categories Require Distinct Strategies

MRO Supply Categories Require Distinct Strategies

Manufacturing industry observers often urge companies to centralize the maintenance, repair, and operations procurement category in order to control spend and improve efficiency. But at SDI, we know MRO does...
SDI Helps Eliminate Transaction Processing Nightmares

SDI Helps Eliminate Transaction Processing Nightmares

All companies strive to keep their supply chain costs as low as possible, but many do not seem to be able to drive out inefficiencies in their management of indirect...
Value Stream Mapping: The Path to Efficiency

Value Stream Mapping: The Path to Efficiency

A Value Stream Map is simply a visual depiction of a process.  By viewing workflow at it stands currently, manufacturing and even service companies can “see” where it is wasting...
SDI Employees Receive MRO Reliability Training from University of Tennessee

SDI Employees Receive MRO Reliability Training from University of Tennessee

A new training initiative recently attended by employees will help SDI provide customers with even greater alignment of its maintenance, repair, and operations processes. The training is developed and presented...

MRO Engineers: The Knowledge and Experience to Improve Your Processes

So you’ve decided to outsource your Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) processes and are considering the alternatives.  Some may favor the ‘easy call’ and go with a parts distributor, but...
Why Streamlining the MRO Ordering Process is a Necessity

Why Streamlining the MRO Ordering Process is a Necessity

Manufacturing companies are increasingly beginning to understand that indirect materials—maintenance repair and operations (MRO) materials in particular—are well deserving of serious attention.  For the typical manufacturer, MRO takes a back...

Event Recap: SDI at ISM 2016, Spend Matters Names SDI to Their 50 Providers to Watch List

SDI had the pleasure of exhibiting at this year’s ISM Annual Conference from May 16-18th in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Institute for Supply Management’s annual event sees over 2,500 global supply...

Want to Focus on Strategy? First Clean Up Your MRO Supply Chain!

Maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) is a critical—but often overlooked—element of the supply chain. Certainly, when compared to the attention paid to direct materials, MRO can be a procurement and...

Breaking down supplier relationship management

Posted on Thu, 04/21/2016 Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is a systematic, enterprise-wide assessment of suppliers’ assets and capabilities in view of the organizations overall business strategy, a determination of what...
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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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