Accelerate Basics
Cutover
Accelerate Changes
Stryker - General
100
This is when Accelerate R7 goes live
When is May 2026?
100
This is last day to use RepSuite.
When is April 30?
100
This Ortho release is impacting 7,000 end‑users across 136 locations (including 28 primary branches), supporting ~5,500 sales orders per day, while replacing 3 legacy ERPs
What is R7?
100
In 2011, Stryker landed on this esteemed list for the first time - and has held its spot for over a decade.
What is FORTUNE's magazine's 100 Best Companies to work for?
200
This program is driving Stryker toward a single global ERP system and standardized business processes.
What is Accelerate?
200
During blackout, integrations are turned off and only this system is available to support surgeries.
What is WebOps?
200
Customer Service, Branch Operations, and this third group make up the new functional categories for Jira requests.
What is Sales Support?
200
This short-hand for Stryker, also the ticker on the NYSE
What is SYK?
300
This system is identified as the single ERP platform Accelerate is moving the company toward.
What is SAP?
300
This support phase begins during the controlled start.
What is hypercare?
300
Orthopedics (JR & TE) is this numbered SAP ERP release for Stryker.
What is seven?
300
In 2013, Stryker acquired this company which is now our industry leader in robotic-assisted Joint Replacement.
What is MAKO?
400
Which Stryker division is the last to transition onto the SAP platform?
What is Orthopedics (JR/T&E)?
400
What is a controlled start?
What is a slow and organized startup to validate systems?
400
R7 will launch with 3 controlled starts - in these branches. (Name at least one)
What are NY Metro, North Florida, and Crosslink?
400
These are the four key values at Stryker
What are Integrity, Accountability, People, and Performance?
500
These are the main customer benefits of Accelerate (name at least 1)
Consistent experience, single payer, one invoice, less integrations, all teams in one system
500
During this period, billings and replenishments will not be processed - but cases can be scheduled and managed in the new application.
What is blackout?
500
This Accelerate release positions to consolidate X% of Stryker's global revenue into one platform.
What is 73%?
500
In 2023 Stryker surpassed this dollar amount in sales for the first time ever.
What is 20 billion?
600
These are the key new features in the new case management application. (Name at least one)
Shipped kit visibility, Duplicate/Copy case, Pricing Groups, Enhanced home screen, Improved mobile TPR, Request loose items, Less integrations, Surgeon Preferences
600
Your local office has been staged with this many days of inventory to support surgeries during blackout.
What is 10 days?
600
These commercial systems will be "offline" during blackout - preventing functions like territory updates, pricing, master data changes, and financial transactions (billings and replenishments). (Name at least one)
Varicent, Model N, SAP
600
This proprietary porous titanium material is used to promote bone in‑growth.
What is Tritanium?