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Stryker History
Stryker Potpourri
Stryker Acronyms
100
This sound made by a Bee, is also Harold Kemp's Nickname.
What is Buzz
100
This gage is used to measure the overall width of a baseplate during dimensional inspection.
What is a Caliper?
100
Growing up in Athens, Michigan, this is the name of the founder of the Stryker company.
Who is Homer Stryker?
100
This metric, introduced to Mahwah 2 years ago by John Hislop, is used to measure a team's financial performance.
What is Variable Cost per Standard hour?
100
The acronym PPE is used to describe this type of gear that is used for safety precautions.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
200
This Mahwah leader once belonged to the 82nd Airbourne division of the Army.
Who is Bob Baker?
200
This family of baseplates is the only product that does not travel through the Straightening Operation.
What is Triathlon Primary?
200
In addition to being the home of 4 Stryker Facilities, this city and state is the location of Stryker Corporate Headquarters.
What is Kalamazoo, Michigan
200
These are two of the five Stryker success factors used to measure business results and performance.
What is Quality 1st, Customer Experience, Innovation, People Development, and Financial Results
200
This industry wide standard, aka GMP, suggests acceptable documentation procedures.
What is Good Manufacturing Practices?
300
This former HR Representative recently transferred to Chile to support the South America sales team.
Who is Daniela Kemper?
300
This is the only brand of CNC machine that mills both Triathlon and Scorpio Primary baseplates
What is Matsura?
300
This acquisition in 1998, nearly doubled the size of Stryker Corp.
What is Howmedia from Pfizer?
300
This system used to ensure items are organized and have a home is made up of these 5 Pillars.
What is Sort, Sweep, Straighten, Schedule, and Sustain?
300
The document, aka NCR, is initiated when there is a deviation from the standard procedure.
What is Non-Conformance Report?
400
The Raiders of the Lost Ark was the number 1 movie on 1981, the same year this longest-tenured member of the Tibial Metals team started with Stryker.
Who is Rosie Stopka?
400
The cleaning steps within the cell are performed by this brand Ultrasonic Tank.
What is Crest?
400
This was the first product produced and sold by Homer Stryker in 1941.
What is the Turning Table?
400
The Robotic Surgical system is teh feature product from this company, who was recently acquired by Stryker.
What is MAKO?
400
This process, aka ECR, is undertaken to route, document, and approve all changes relating to manufacturing processes.
What is Engineering Change Request?
500
This recent addition to the Mahwah HR team, was formerly an HR representative at the well-known Grocery Store Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, AKA A&P.
Who is Christine Flynn?
500
This new visual management tool is used to build important tasks into the leaders day and uses red and green cards to dipict performance.
What is Leader Standard Work?
500
Spanning from 1980 to present day, these men were the last 3 CEOs of Stryker.
Who is John Brown, Stephen MacMillan, and Kevin Lobo
500
This process where problems are exposed and solved on a daily basis and involves tier boards. (Looking for full name, not acronym)
What is Managing for Daily Improvement?
500
The acronym FPI, is used to descrive the process of testing for the presence of cracks and/or holes.
What is Flourescent Penetrant Inspection?