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...
Posted on Thu, 04/21/2016 Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is a systematic, enterprise-wide assessment of suppliers’ assets and capabilities in view of the organizations overall business strategy, a determination of what...
MRO is a mission-critical, core-enabling, integrated business process. But it’s also one of the greatest sources of waste and value destruction in many organizations. MRO can directly impact business outcomes...
Reducing Risk and Liability with a Strong MRO Services Approach
Maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) continues to be a tail-spend category for procurement teams, but a lack of focus on MRO could put your entire organization at risk. The benefits...
What gets measured gets managed is often attributed to the management expert Peter Drucker. At SDI, we have a different perspective on this management proverb – what gets managed gets...
Posted by Chris Moore on Sun, 04/03/2016 In the third post in this series on MRO As-a-Service by Spend Matters, Pierre Mitchell and Michael Lamoureux talk about how managing MRO...
In the second installment in this series by Spend Matters, Pierre Mitchell and Michael Lamoureux dive into some details about the potential value of the MRO As-a-Service model. Last week,...
Scheduled Maintenance: Avoid the Chaos of Emergency Shutdowns
When manufacturing companies look for ways to cut expenses, the maintenance, repair, and operations supply chain (MRO) is often the first area to go under the microscope. However, viewing MRO...
How MRO As-a-Service can embed procurement as the value engine
Posted by Chris Moore on Sun, 03/20/2016 Spend Matters decribes themselves as bloggers. They were the first blog and social media site in the procurement and supply chain sector. But...
