Companies often shuffle their maintenance, repair, and operations process into the most convenient and least time-consuming silo. They may know intuitively that it is not the most efficient way to...
Common Inventory Management Errors and How to Fix Them
MRO inventory is both an integral part of companies’ business operations and one of their most extensive investments. Mistakes made in the ordering, handling, and distribution of indirect inventory bear...
The “M” in MRO Supply Chain Management: How Each Maintenance Category Can Boost Your Bottom Line
Manufacturing and other industries are increasingly treating maintenance, repair, and operations procedures as core functions, working to integrate the MRO value chain with other key activities. Technological advances increase companies’...
The high cost of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) replacement parts for production equipment has always been a challenge for SDI customers. The OEMs are often the sole source of supply...
All too often, MRO inventory doesn’t work hard enough due to poor inventory management. In many instances, spare machine parts, pipe fittings, gaskets, bolts, and other common indirect materials simply...
Why Streamlining the MRO Ordering Process is a Necessity
Manufacturing companies are increasingly beginning to understand that indirect materials—maintenance repair and operations (MRO) materials in particular—are well deserving of serious attention. For the typical manufacturer, MRO takes a back...
Event Recap: SDI at ISM 2016, Spend Matters Names SDI to Their 50 Providers to Watch List
SDI had the pleasure of exhibiting at this year’s ISM Annual Conference from May 16-18th in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Institute for Supply Management’s annual event sees over 2,500 global supply...
Want to Focus on Strategy? First Clean Up Your MRO Supply Chain!
Maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) is a critical—but often overlooked—element of the supply chain. Certainly, when compared to the attention paid to direct materials, MRO can be a procurement and...
Posted by Debra Yorkman on Wed, 05/04/2016 The Pharmaceutical Industry is moving to continuous manufacturing in an effort to produce batch sizes of one. Medical Device Manufacturers are applying image...
