Founding Father
Founder of Stryker
Who is Dr. Homer H. Stryker?
Since as much as 60% of surgical procedures are expected to take place in this environment, it's a focus for our sales
What is ASC (Ambulatory Service Centers)?
This Stryker division could help if you needed surgery for a fractured jaw
What is CMF? Craniomaxillofacial
Sales goal reached in 1985
Acronym used for South America
What is LATAM?
Sport that our company's founder played in college (and beyond)?
What is baseball?
This shared function partners with the MedSurg business units to develop and execute a national contract strategy.
What is HCS (Healthcare Systems)?
This Stryker division has innovative technologies for patients who experience a stroke
What is NeuroVascular (NV)?
This was a key event in 1979
South Africa is considered part of this Stryker international group
What is EEMEA?
City where the company originated
What is Kalamazoo, Michigan?
This group provide global oversight, alignment and consistency in managing distributors across all our geographies,
What is Indirect Channel Management (ICM)?
Chronic sinusitis, chronic rhinitis and nasal airway obstruction are issues treated by this specialty within the Instruments Division
What is ENT (Ear Nose & Throat)?
After going public, this was our initial per year growth goal
What is 20% earnings growth every year?
The 2019 annual report featured robotic-assisted joint replacement growth in this geographic area
What is APAC? (would also accept China or Japan)
The company's original name
What is the Orthopedic Frame Company?
The initiative to save money through managing expenses
What is CTG (Cost Transformation for Growth)?
This group within the Instruments division helps with diagnosis and treatment of chronic back pain
What is Interventional Spine (IVS)?
In 2016 this sales milestone was hit
This North American Stryker location has a newsletter entitled "In the Loo"
What is Canada?
Book about Stryker's history and the founder
What is Homer's Iliad?
Our supply chain organization
What is GQO (Global Quality & Operations)?
What is CMF Menschen?
Our 2019 annual report featured this many years of consecutive sales growth
What is 40 years?
Stryker implemented "TOM" (transatlantic operating model) and created a RHQ (Regional Headquarters) in this location
What is Amsterdam, the Netherlands?