Jerome Blanc

SDI’s State of the Art 3D Laser Scanning Tool

July 14, 2016

The high cost of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) replacement parts for production equipment has always been a challenge for SDI customers. The OEMs are often the sole source of supply...

Scheduled Maintenance: Avoid the Chaos of Emergency Shutdowns

March 22, 2016

When manufacturing companies look for ways to cut expenses, the maintenance, repair, and operations supply chain (MRO) is often the first area to go under the microscope. However, viewing MRO...

3 MRO Mistakes You Don’t Know You Are Making

February 24, 2016

Streamlining maintenance, repair, and operations may be the final frontier of cost savings available to many organizations. To fully realize the cost savings and competitive edge strong MRO supply chain...

C is for Control

January 31, 2016

At Last. The project team has worked its way through Define, Measure, Analyze, and Improve. It’s time to begin the Control phase. The key stakeholders gather to evaluate the solution...

The I in teamwork: I is for Improve

December 20, 2015

Posted by on Sun, 12/20/2015 Where the rubber meets the road. Here’s where the Six Sigma project team starts identifying and implementing solutions. The solution should significantly reduce the influence...

Y=ƒ(X): A is for Analyze

November 17, 2015

Posted by on Tue, 11/17/2015 Y=ƒ(X) It almost goes without saying that output is a function of input. During the Define phase, the project team identified the “big Y”; the...

Dial M for Measure

September 8, 2015

Posted by on Tue, 09/08/2015 Previously, we described the Define phase of the Six Sigma methodology. Once that phase is successfully completed and accepted by the business sponsor and process owner,...

MRO Inventory Management and Reduced Operating Expenses

August 26, 2015

As a way to reduce expenses, many companies have developed various types of storeroom management strategies to help reduce MRO inventory levels. However, many of these approaches can be improved...

What is Six Sigma? D is for Define

August 6, 2015

Posted by on Thu, 08/06/2015 Six Sigma is a process improvement methodology that takes a scientific approach to resolving process problems, reducing errors and creating quality products, services, teams and...

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Supply Chain Management

Industrial MRO and Reliability

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Facilities Management

Digital Transformation

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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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