Supply Chain Management

For many manufacturing companies, the maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supply chain often lags behind advancements in customer-facing activities like service delivery and order fulfillment. The primary reason? Incremental, cyclical...

Intelligent sourcing automation has matured just in time to help procurement managers deal with a supply chain dynamic that is more volatile, unpredictable, and inflation-ravaged than ever before. Thankfully, intelligent...

Managing multiple supplier relationships shouldn’t require juggling a dozen different platforms and logins. That’s why SDI is proud to announce the launch of ProcurePortal, an innovative ecommerce platform that transforms...

In today’s volatile supply chain landscape, the traditional barriers between strategic sourcing and operations management aren’t just organizational hurdles—they’re costly impediments to business success. As global supply networks grow increasingly...

Customer expectations and cutthroat competition requires modern manufacturing businesses to devote significant financial and management resources securing and streamlining their direct supply chain and major capital expenditures. This focus is...

eProcurement solutions have made traditional MRO sourcing, purchasing, inventorying, and cost management obsolete. With the business environment operating at breakneck speed, organizations need eProcurement platforms to streamline processes, illuminate spending,...

In today’s volatile economic landscape, procurement professionals face unprecedented challenges in managing costs effectively while balancing time constraints and strategic initiatives. This article explores innovative strategies to navigate inflationary pressures...

Maintenance, Repair, and Operations tail spend may seem insignificant, given that it only accounts for 20% or so of a manufacturing business’s MRO budget. But because organizations require are so...

In today’s complex business landscape, procurement leaders face numerous challenges in optimizing their spending and maintaining visibility across their supply chains. One area that often flies under the radar but...