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2016’s MRO Trends: SDI Leads the Way

Manufacturing firms in 2016 continued to emphasize better management of their maintenance, repair, and operations, in the quest for greater control, visibility, and efficiency. Three important trends emerged during the...
Repair Strategy as a Component of Reliability-Centered MRO

Warranty & Repair Strategy as a Component of Reliability-Centered MRO

For the last 50 years, we’ve built our solutions to address the needs and pain points of our customers. We call our platform for supply and demand side management, Reliability-Centered...

Overall Equipment Effectiveness? Get the Measure of Your Production Operations!

Maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) is frequently seen as a back-room topic in many manufacturing firms. That’s why it’s often overlooked, while direct materials get the limelight.  Getting the Basics...
Dogs Chase Their Tail Because They Are Irritated and That's How Most Companies Deal With MRO Tail Spend.

Dogs Chase Their Tail Because They Are Irritated and That’s How Most Companies Deal With MRO Tail Spend.

In most companies, tail spend goes unnoticed until an executive becomes irritated with excess inventory, bloated carrying costs, inflated shipping fees, or a product outage that brings down a production...
3D SCANNING TECHNOLOGY HELPS SDI SLASH COSTS AND LEAD TIMES FOR MAJOR BEVERAGE COMPANY

3D SCANNING TECHNOLOGY HELPS SDI SLASH COSTS AND LEAD TIMES FOR MAJOR BEVERAGE COMPANY

When you’re one of the largest beverage and brewing companies in the world, and a filler gear fails on the line, time is money. SDI 3D-scanned the part, converted it...
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...
Driving Innovation and Out of the Box Thinking with SDI’s Inaugural Open House Event

Driving Innovation and Out of the Box Thinking with SDI’s Inaugural Open House Event

October 20th marked SDI’s Inaugural Open House – a quarterly event hosted by SDI and strategic partners. This time, we partnered with UPS and their industrial 3D printing partner FastRadius...
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...
Master Data Management: A Window into Your MRO World

Master Data Management: A Window into Your MRO World

Everyone knows that knowledge is power. That axiom is especially true for manufacturing and fabrication companies that use thousands of components, materials, and miscellaneous parts to keep their production lines...
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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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