Jim Owens

SDI was proud to sponsor and participate in this year’s Procurecon MRO. Procurecon events always share inspiring content from insightful guest speakers and provide a natural atmosphere that helps cultivate...

Today’s economic outlook is creating a strain on even the largest organizations. From the tight labor market and skills gap to the disruption of supply chains and extended lead times,...

Organizations, still reeling from the supply chain fallout from the COVID19 pandemic, continue to be squeezed tighter as they try to find a new balance between supply and demand. Challenging...

While there may not be any willful neglect of parts and supplies the pandemic has caused a huge disruption for all of us. At SDI, we believe it’s an inflection...

Posted by Jim Owens on Thu, 07/29/2021 The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the manufacturing industries inability to overcome major supply chain disruptions and exacerbated several of the challenges facing the procurement,...

The MRO supply chain is evolving thanks in part to Industry 4.0. But while businesses spend a huge amount of time managing their direct supply, historically the MRO supply chain...

Posted by Jim Owens on Mon, 12/21/2020 We keep reading about how companies are reinventing themselves and embracing pandemic-driven transformation, adopting digital technology more readily, and implementing change at an...

Procuring critical supplies has always been a matter of survival for manufacturing companies. Over the last several months, however, securing a reliable supply of personal protective equipment in industry has...

Posted by Jim Owens on Tue, 11/26/2019 For forward-looking manufacturing companies, the so-called digital disruption is a misnomer. Far from being a disruption – defined by Merriam-Webster as “forcible separation...