The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges to every aspect of conducting business. Perhaps the most critical determinant of how well schools, retailers, and manufacturers have handled their personal protective equipment...
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...
3 Ways an MRO sourcing strategy can help provide greater efficiency
While many organizations have successful procurement strategies for their direct materials, 15-30% of revenues are spent on indirect supplies. This can include anything from marketing and IT to capital equipment...
PPE and the Pandemic: PPE Inventory Management Lessons from the Front Lines Q&A
Michael Marrinan is the operations manager for SDI’s Brooklyn Warehouse. In this interview with SDI Vice President of Marketing, Debra Yorkman, he discusses how SDI’s procurement and management of the...
A Fireside Chat with Qlik and ISM about Digital Supply Chain Management Strategy
Posted by John Delligatti on Tue, 11/24/2020 Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Institute for Supply Management and Qlik Chief Data Officer, Joe DosSantos...
The Inventory Management System’s Role in Supply Chain Integration Strategy
With manufacturers working on thinner and thinner margins, maintenance, repair, and operations materials managers find themselves under greater scrutiny. Under pressure to keep inventory costs to a minimum while...
The ideal plant maintenance room floor plan will make the most efficient use of available space—both square footage and vertical bins and shelving. It will include areas for receiving, storing,...
While we may never again face the trials the world has encountered over the last several months, the COVID-19 outbreak has taught us numerous lessons about the state of work...
How Organizations are Using Data in their Digital Supply Chain Transformation
As organizations consider their digital supply chain solutions and digital transformation overall, the role of data and analytics takes center stage. SDI’s Director of Digital Transformation Strategy, John Delligatti, recently...
