Jeremy Jordan

Leveraging Purchasing Cooperatives for Supply Chain Risk Mitigation

October 27, 2023

Learn how purchasing cooperatives strengthen supply chain resilience. Aggregated buying power, diversified suppliers, data analytics, and flexible contracts reduce risks. Understand differences between traditional GPOs and modern cooperative models.

Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions: A Response to the Impending UPS Strike

July 7, 2023

Glenn Pierce, VP of Solution Design at SDI, shares practical advice on preparing for possible disruptions during the impending UPS strike. Learn how diversification, planning, and strategic MRO management can...

7 Ways GNFR and Indirect Spend Optimization Bring Value to Facility Maintenance Management

July 28, 2022

Facing record-breaking inflation levels, labor shortages, soaring fuel prices, and a volatile supply chain—business leaders in operations and finance are charged with the task of protecting profits even after already...

How Labor Shortages Are Hurting Plant & Maintenance Efficiency and How to Overcome It

June 23, 2022

Fewer qualified workers are available to maintain equipment, causing production slowdowns and stoppages. With less people going into this field and more existing personnel deciding to retire, many companies are...

How 3D Printing Can Be Utilized to Futureproof the Facility Maintenance Supply Chain

June 23, 2022

How can we mitigate risk around asset downtime? What happens when OEMs or suppliers of critical materials are affected by pandemic-related issues, inflation, international conflicts, or natural disasters? Disruption has...

How to Manage an Integrated Supply Chain

December 16, 2021

As the maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supply chain evolves from a cost center to a strategic asset, organizations increasingly are seeking ways to bust through silos, align processes, add...

Creating an Efficient Maintenance Room Floor Plan

September 29, 2020

The ideal plant maintenance room floor plan will make the most efficient use of available space—both square footage and vertical bins and shelving. It will include areas for receiving, storing,...

Maintenance Storeroom Layout: Best Practices

February 27, 2020

Whether your maintenance crew needs to make unscheduled emergency repairs or conduct routine preventative tasks to keep your facility running at optimum efficiency, a well-organized and well-maintained storeroom is critical....

Storeroom Organization: How to Maximize Space and Efficiency

October 8, 2019

Maintenance, repair, and operations stockrooms are no different than consumer product inventory systems, they should be built and managed to solve “customer” problems. Stockrooms “customers” are a company’s internal departments...

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Supply Chain Management

Industrial MRO and Reliability

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Facilities Management

Digital Transformation

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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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