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Kurt Meiers

Director, Strategic Sourcing
SDI

Take strategic sourcing and mix it with operations in addition to organizational management and throw in over 15 years of experience leading IBM’s procurement teams and you’ll find Kurt Meiers, one of the most savvy sourcing directors this side of the MRO supply chain. Kurt’s industry experience and client-centric approach makes him a sourcing expert for both SDI’s internal and external clients. His expertise in all sourcing and category management activities means our clients have full confidence in SDI’s ability to drive value throughout their enterprise.

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Day 2: Accelerating The Journey To Competitive Advantage

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015

14:00 Panel Discussion: Best Practices and New Strategies For Tackling Inefficiencies in MRO Spend

The MRO category still remains one of the most fractured, especially in decentralized, non-mandated corporations. This panel will focus on:

Leveraging data and increasing purchasing power among your facilities to realize savings and create efficiencies
Breaking the integrated model so each component can be sourced independently
Are there any tools that can help extract hidden savings that wouldn’t be seen otherwise?
Can mandating suppliers in the MRO space yield cost reductions?
Bringing energy savings down to the kilowatt

Day 3: Influencing Top Line Activities

Saturday, January 2nd, 2016

10:05 Innovation Spotlight: Innovation Spotlight: Enterprise MRO: Unlocking the Hidden Value in Your Indirect Supply Chain

Maintenance, Repair and Operations has historically been considered non-core and a way to control piece-price costs in the realm of high-volume, low-value purchases. Obsessing over individual links in the supply chain provides little value, is inefficient and potentially disastrous for real cost control, inventory optimization and the overall effectiveness of plant operations. Kurt Meiers talks about the bigger picture that’s at stake and how synchronizing your MRO supply chain, expanding your perspective, could open a world of opportunity for your entire organization.