Industry survey from The Center for Supply Chain Research(R) Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with Ivaldi and SDI sheds light on reasons for early retirement...
SIG Research: What Is Your Path to Data Understanding?
Explore Sourcing Industry Group's (SIG) latest research on data culture and data literacy: 'What Is Your Path to Data Understanding?'. This white paper presents a comprehensive playbook for digital transformation,...
Integrated Parts Management for Multi-site FM Organizations
This report illuminates the urgent need for Integrated Parts Management (IPM) in multi-site Facility Maintenance (FM) organizations. Addressing operational inefficiencies and waste in the current supply chain, it offers solutions...
Best Practices to Increase Efficiency and Productivity while Reducing MRO Spend
As Reliability Engineers, we are tasked to consistently improve an operation and life cycle of systems. Many of the improvements are derived from changes in materials we add or remove...
Outsourcing the Indirect Supply Chain For a Major Global Manufacturer
Outsourcing the Indirect Supply Chain This in-depth whitepaper takes you through the journey that a global research, development and manufacturing company of medical devices and products – underwent when initially...
MRO is one of the greatest sources of waste and value destruction in any organization. SDI believes that MRO is a mission-critical, core-enabling, integrated business process. Progressive companies understand that...
Ensuring you’re on the market-shaping side of a changing industry
Additive manufacturing and 3D Printing innovations, compressed product life cycles, and changing consumer expectations are forcing manufacturers to transform their operations across all industry segments. Disruption is underway and many...
To compete on a global scale, organizations have to ensure their direct, indirect and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply chains are working together, according to a new research study...
The Importance of Supplier Relationship Management
SDI, at its core, is a supply chain management company that is exclusively focused on creating client value through the efficient and effective management of the MRO supply chain process....