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CASE STUDY Stryker Corporation

Stryker was experiencing operating inefficiencies due to storage constraints that were affecting their productivity and ability to handle rush periods. Cornerstone Edge conducted an on-site review, analyzing Stryker's processes and layout. They developed recommendations for operational changes and a WMS configuration that optimized space utilization and workflow. After implementing Cornerstone Edge's solutions, Stryker realized immediate value through a better methodology for high-volume SKUs, regained needed storage space, and improved storage and picking processes.

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CASE STUDY Stryker Corporation

Stryker was experiencing operating inefficiencies due to storage constraints that were affecting their productivity and ability to handle rush periods. Cornerstone Edge conducted an on-site review, analyzing Stryker's processes and layout. They developed recommendations for operational changes and a WMS configuration that optimized space utilization and workflow. After implementing Cornerstone Edge's solutions, Stryker realized immediate value through a better methodology for high-volume SKUs, regained needed storage space, and improved storage and picking processes.

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CASE STUDY:

STRYKER - OPERATING
EFFICIENCY
Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology
ABOUT
companies. They create groundbreaking products and services
STRYKER:
in Orthopedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology

and Spine that are designed to help improve both patient and

hospital outcomes.

The Stryker mission is to make healthcare better, in tandem

with their customers. Unfortunately, storage difficulties were

having an impact on their overall ability to deliver; it was time

for a change.

Stryker was experiencing increasingly problematic operating

inefficiencies, mostly due to spacing constraints. These issues were


THE
affecting item storage, labor productivity, picking and putaway,
CHALLENGE
staging, and their ability to handle rush periods. They were losing

storage and work space, quickly, and they needed a solution, fast.

SOLUTION: RESULTS:

This wasn't Cornerstone Edge's first rodeo, Cornerstone Edge created a roadmap for

so they knew they needed to start with a future Distribution Center (DC) space,

detailed on-site review to collect relevant operational process efficiencies, and layout

data, including interviewing Operations changes to be made. They also shared

and IT team members to help identify WMS configuration and software

realistic solutions. They also reviewed WMS modification recommendations. Once these

usage, and created a series of layout were implemented, value was immediately

designs with varying levels of automation realized.

to provide Stryker with a set of choices.

Cornerstone Edge also graphed a Stryker had a better methodology for

synchronized analysis of supply and handling high-volume SKUs.

demand and its impact on Days on Hand Space was no longer a challenge

(DOH) inventory. impeding their growth.

Storage and picking processes were

With this information, they presented improved.

Stryker with a list of immediate action

items and recommendations so changes Better yet, these improvements were

could be implemented quickly and created with their future in mind, so Stryker

seamlessly. now has plenty of space to grow into.

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