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MRO Storeroom Efficiency Extends Well Beyond Proper MRO Supply Storage

September 28, 2018

Posted by Glenn Pierce on Fri, 09/28/2018 I recently came across this “oldie, but goodie” in Efficient Plant Magazine about the importance of efficiency in MRO Storerooms. The article, written...

Overcoming Common Equipment Bill of Material (BOM) Woes

September 27, 2018

One of the simplest ways to reduce production downtime is to have a Bill of Material (BOM) for all of your organization’s equipment. If the BOMs don’t exist (or are...

How Standardized Data Leads to a More Powerful Data Analysis

September 26, 2018

Posted by John Delligatti on Wed, 09/26/2018 Google Dataset Search Engine Google has launched a new search type specifically engineered to assist people in finding datasets. Although the number of...

Scheduled Maintenance vs. Reactive Maintenance. Which Method is Really Better?

August 27, 2018

Manufacturing equipment maintenance comes in many forms. At one end of the spectrum is reactive maintenance – waiting for a piece of machinery to break down, then diagnosing and curing...

MRO Data Analytics: How to Leverage both Data and Market Trends

August 23, 2018

Posted by on Thu, 08/23/2018 The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Monthly issues the Manufacturing Index (58.1%) and Non-Manufacturing Index (55.7%) as noted for July 2018. I’d like to point...

Overcoming the Naysayers: Getting Others to Buy Into Your MRO Change Initiatives

July 25, 2018

Learning To Manage Change The Hard Way Procurement is a contact sport. Procurement professionals (by nature of being a shared support service) are always tasked to produce savings and compliance...

4 Reasons to Partner with an MRO Service Provider

July 23, 2018

Even as manufacturing companies race to increase their return on everything from engineering to marketing, they may be overlooking a rich source of cost savings and productivity enhancements. By engaging...

Building the Tools to Help Customers Better Understand their Indirect Supply Chain Needs… and Achieve Results

June 27, 2018

The Challenge with Data in the Indirect Spend World and The Unintended Consequences Businesses spend a huge amount of time managing their direct supply. And they should. These are the...

Four Areas of Wasted Spend in MRO Procurement and How to Fix Them

June 27, 2018

MRO procurement is often the least considered expense of your company’s consumables. Its humble, unpretentious nature is not often noticed unless costs escalate exponentially or a much-needed critical spare can’t...

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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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