Jerome Blanc

MRO Storeroom Management: Understanding The Big Picture

January 27, 2025

MRO storeroom management is the strategic approach to organizing and operating the space designated for storing critical parts and supplies used in maintenance, repair, and operations. Historically, MRO storerooms have...

Navigating MRO Staffing Challenges: Addressing the Skilled Labor Shortage in Plant and Facilities Maintenance

May 22, 2023

Discover effective strategies to address the skilled labor shortage in plant and facilities maintenance, including partnering with educational institutions, diversifying the talent pool, and investing in employee development. SDI offers...

BOM Management Best Practices for Maximum Efficiency

September 13, 2019

With supply chain managers continually scraping to make their operations more strategic and less transactional, most have by now embraced the need for comprehensive equipment bills of material (BOM). An...

8 REASONS WHY BOM MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL TO ANY MAINTENANCE AND RELIABILITY PROGRAM

July 11, 2019

The Bill of Materials (BOM) is a comprehensive inventory of the raw materials, assemblies, subassemblies, parts and components, as well as the quantities of each, needed to manufacture a product...

MRO STOREROOM TECHNOLOGY FOCUSES ON STOREROOM SECURITY

December 14, 2018

The need for efficient MRO storerooms is more prevalent today than ever. Increasing demand for asset reliability, the skilled labor gap, and the aging workforce are causing manufacturers and other...

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...

The Way Forward – Change Management in a Changing World

March 23, 2018

Posted by on Fri, 03/23/2018 Recently I was asked to evaluate information on how best to understand and facilitate change within an organization. Specifically, involving services and MRO supply chain. ...

Manufacturer Recalls Often Have Maintenance, Repair, and Operations to Blame: Gaskets and Tainted Lettuce

February 26, 2018

Posted by Jerome Blanc on Mon, 02/26/2018 Unfortunately, it’s becoming more and more common worldwide – the dreaded product recall. Sometimes it’s an airbag. Sometimes a baby stroller. And sometimes,...

Supply Chain Reliability – It’s more than just getting your parts.

January 31, 2018

Posted by Jerome Blanc on Wed, 01/31/2018 While AmazonBusiness is changing the game for procurement with Business Prime, the supply chain extends beyond your loading dock door to the plant...

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Authors

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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