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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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Digital Supply Chain Control Tower: 5 Steps Organizations Can Take to Manage Supply Chain Risk Today

Key Takeaways The global supply chain hasn’t returned to “normal,” and waiting for it to do so is a failing strategy. Today, procurement leaders and facility managers are battling a...
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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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Optimizing Your Supply Chain: How A Collaborative Model Can Transform Your Business

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...
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How to Bypass the RFP Nightmare with Cooperative Purchasing

How to Bypass the RFP Nightmare with Cooperative Purchasing

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,...
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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...
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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...
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Supply Chain Volatility

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

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....
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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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