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Is a Custom or Off-the-Shelf eProcurement Solution Right for Your Business?

October 10, 2024

eProcurement solutions have made traditional MRO sourcing, purchasing, inventorying, and cost management obsolete. With the business environment operating at breakneck speed, organizations need eProcurement platforms to streamline processes, illuminate spending,...

Navigating Inflationary Pressures: Strategic Cost Management and Cooperative Purchasing

October 7, 2024

In today’s volatile economic landscape, procurement professionals face unprecedented challenges in managing costs effectively while balancing time constraints and strategic initiatives. This article explores innovative strategies to navigate inflationary pressures...

Better Tail Spend Management = Hidden Savings

September 25, 2024

Maintenance, Repair, and Operations tail spend may seem insignificant, given that it only accounts for 20% or so of a manufacturing business’s MRO budget. But because organizations require are so...

How MRO Management Helps Solve Inventory and Stock Location Issues

September 18, 2024

Manufacturing businesses have long struggled with MRO stock location optimization and other inventory logistics challenges. Businesses must know where maintenance, repair, and operations materials are stored, the quantities available, and...

Overcoming Sourcing and Payment Issues with Source to Pay Processes

September 13, 2024

Organizations are constantly seeking ways to streamline their operations and reduce costs. One area that has seen significant innovation is the source-to-pay (S2P) process, which encompasses everything from strategic sourcing...

Revolutionize Your Procurement: Tackle Tail Spend with SDI’s Supply Chain Cooperative

September 6, 2024

In today’s complex business landscape, procurement leaders face numerous challenges in optimizing their spending and maintaining visibility across their supply chains. One area that often flies under the radar but...

6 Critical MRO Supply Chain Metrics You Should Be Tracking

August 21, 2024

The reliability of your MRO supply chain partners and the efficiency built into supply chain processes can make or break your business. By tracking the right metrics, you can ensure...

The True Cost of Not Transitioning To Digital Supply Chain Management

August 14, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the dire consequences of relying on outdated, manual supply chain systems. Businesses that have yet to embrace digital supply chain technologies risk falling irrevocably behind competitors....

Combating Inflation in MRO Procurement & Supply Chain Management: Best Practices & the Power of Group Purchasing

August 9, 2024

As inflation continues to impact industries across the board, the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) procurement and supply chain management space is no exception. Rising costs and supply chain disruptions...

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Jeremy Jordan

Chief Operations Officer & EVP Supply Chain Cooperative at

With over 25 years of experience in business outsourcing and professional services environments across multiple industry verticals, Jeremy has responsibility for all day-to-day operations for SDI’s Supply Chain Cooperative. Jeremy has a great deal of experience developing and leading high performance teams to operational excellence with a highly successful track record of driving continuous and innovative process excellence across complex organizations. His diverse blend of functional experience in high growth and turnaround outsourcing organizations brings a wealth of expertise to best align SDI’s supply chain solution to our clients’ needs, both operationally and financially.

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