SDI’s Blog: The Supply Chain Link

Posted by on Mon, 01/24/2022 Bad data, incorrect inventory, unreliable storeroom procedures…all kept maintenance teams from hitting their performance goals in 2021. In today’s market, with continued supply chain disruptions,...

Many of the constraints limiting integrated facility management solutions have been overcome in the last decade. De-siloed data is now available to decision makers and downstream applications; developers have created...

As the maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supply chain evolves from a cost center to a strategic asset, organizations increasingly are seeking ways to bust through silos, align processes, add...

In our recent blog post, Why Top Manufacturers are Leveraging Digital Supply Chain to Support ESG Goals,  we talked about how inefficiencies in the supply chain (and the pandemic proved...

Manufacturing firms that invest in robust mobile procurement technology gain the potential to streamline their entire maintenance, repair, and operations source-to-pay (S2P) process, putting supply initiation and management in the...

In today’s reality of extreme weather and dramatic climate shifts, environmental sustainability is one of the single greatest challenges facing the current and next generation.  There is increasing regulatory pressure...

Most people are resistant to change.  Change is uncomfortable. Imagine being not-so-tech-savvy and your organization decides to implement a huge tech solution that you will be required to learn to...

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...

I’ve spent over 40 years in the facilities trade, with experience ranging from general building construction and facilities maintenance to construction equipment operator. In the last 17 years, I’ve focused...