State of the Industry: A shift towards eProcurement in the Industrial Supply Space
Posted by on Wed, 04/26/2017 The close of the first quarter can mean several things for a business. Usually, it means earnings reports, investor presentations and adjusting projections but it...
Improving MRO Supply Chain with Better Communication
Improvements in monitoring equipment and processes have made collecting data on supply and consumption levels easier than ever. Fiber optics, digital and virtual technology allow information to be transferred at...
E-commerce has brought great advancements to management of the maintenance, repair, and operations supply chain. From cost control and spend management to aggregation of strategic insights and workflow transparency, the...
Earlier this month, SDI, in partnership with Penn State’s Center for Supply Chain Research, The Hackett Group, Dryden and Ascend Performance Materials hosted this year’s first quarterly Innovation Symposium. The...
The Reliability of Everything: SDI Reliability Engineers present at MARCON 2017
The 21st annual Maintenance and Reliability Conference, MARCON 2017, will be held March 6 – 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The theme is “The Reliability of Everything (ROE) – The...
Manufacturing industry observers often urge companies to centralize the maintenance, repair, and operations procurement category in order to control spend and improve efficiency. But at SDI, we know MRO does...
On March 1st, SDI will open its doors to research analysts, subject matter experts and practitioners to talk about the last frontier in procurement: tail spend. Typical procurement practice brings...
Manufacturing firms in 2016 continued to emphasize better management of their maintenance, repair, and operations, in the quest for greater control, visibility, and efficiency. Three important trends emerged during the...
Warranty & Repair Strategy as a Component of Reliability-Centered MRO
For the last 50 years, we’ve built our solutions to address the needs and pain points of our customers. We call our platform for supply and demand side management, Reliability-Centered...