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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.

Which Procurement Method is Best? Centralized Purchasing vs. Decentralized Purchasing vs. Hybrid Models

October 23, 2023

Industrial procurement has emerged as a critical function for any manufacturing and production company. Effective procurement management ensures the steady supply of the raw materials, components, equipment, and services that...

An Innovative Way to Tackle Inventory and Stock Location Challenges

September 15, 2023

You Can’t Use What You Can’t Find That statement is never more valid than when discussing maintenance, repair, and operations components and retail merchandise. Much of the heavy lifting manufacturers...

The Advantages of a Centralized Purchasing Model

September 5, 2023

A centralized purchasing model offers many benefits that can help businesses operate more efficiently and reduce costs. While decentralized purchasing gives individual departments more control, a centralized system provides overall...

Maximizing Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) Procurement: GPOs vs. Purchasing Cooperatives

August 25, 2023

In the landscape of sourcing strategies, understanding which procurement solutions suit your needs is essential. With increasing complexities in supply chain management, both GPOs and purchasing cooperatives have emerged as...

Mitigating Supply Chain Risk with Safety Stock

August 18, 2023

In recent years, medical, geopolitical, and economic developments demonstrate the importance of mitigating supply chain risk and how important safety stock truly is. Maintaining a sufficient safety stock of maintenance,...

Driving Value Through Strategic Supplier Relationship Management

August 11, 2023

Explore how Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is transforming the way companies innovate, reduce costs, and manage risks through collaborative partnerships. This comprehensive guide delves into the benefits, best practices,...

Tech Meets Talent: Reshaping Procurement with Tail Spend Management

August 4, 2023

Procurement has long been considered a cornerstone of any organization’s operations, yet certain aspects have often been overlooked. One such area is tail spend – that last 20% of spend...

Balancing Smarter MRO Purchasing and Inventory Management

July 25, 2023

A meticulously planned and flawlessly executed MRO purchasing and management strategy is a thing of beauty. Not only does it keep costs low by eliminating off-contract buys and rush delivery...

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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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