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Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Research and Markets: Essential Report on IT Sales Opportunities for Stryker Corporation out Now
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DUBLIN, Ireland, Jul 01, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/feb634/stryker_corporatio) has announced the addition of the "Stryker Corporation - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008" report to their offering.
Headquartered in the US, Stryker Corporation (Stryker) is a medical technology company with a range of products in orthopaedics and a presence in other medical specialties. Its products include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, spinal and craniomaxillofacial surgeries; biologics; surgical, neurologic, ear, nose & throat (ENT) and interventional pain equipment; endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications and digital imaging systems, as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment. The Company segregates its operations into two business segments: Orthopaedic Implants and MedSurg Equipment.
Industry trends and drivers have a direct or indirect affect on IT spending of all companies operating within an industry. For example - increase in sourcing from low cost countries might influence Stryker to relook at their supply chains, resulting in selling opportunities for SCM solutions, collaboration tools etc. Thus, we can conclude that industry spending on any particular IT product or service is an important indicator of the criticality of that product or service for the industry. Based on the IT spend information available in 'TechNavio', we have computed a 'criticality score' for various IT products and services, for Stryker.
Various company level developments and events are important indicators of selling opportunities and drive the sales of IT products and services. For example - an acquisition by Stryker might result in opportunities for IT migration and integration services. By tracking these sales drivers (using 'TechNavio'), we have arrived at a demand score for each product and service.
Through an in-depth analysis of industry trends and drivers and company level developments and events, we have made the 'IT Selling Opportunities Map' for hardware, software and IT services for Stryker. These maps have been divided into four zones representing Level I, Level II and Level III opportunity areas. Level I opportunity areas have the highest scores and hence, there is a high probability that Stryker will buy these products and services. Level II opportunity areas have lower scores and hence, lower probability to sell to Stryker Level III opportunities have the lowest scores and hence, unlikely to sell to Stryker.
The report is meant for IT vendors and intends to help them identify selling opportunities within the company. Furthermore, the identified sales drivers can be used to penetrate these accounts or increase current share of the customers wallet. Also, the report lists key IT spending decision makers, which enables the salesperson to directly contact the key executives within the company.
TechNavio Insights is a set of reports based on TechNavio - a market intelligence platform for the IT industry. It builds on the intelligence available within TechNavio, and leverages on the custom research experience of the Technology Navigators. TechNavio is built on years of experience of the authors in deep dive custom research and consulting for over 30 Fortune 500 companies and numerous large and mid-sized companies.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Company Overview
2. IT Spending and Deployments
3. IT Sales Opportunities
4. Sales Drivers
5. Conclusion
Key IT Spending Decision Makers
China
France
India
Switzerland
USA
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/feb634/stryker_corporatio
SOURCE: Research and Markets
Research and Markets Laura Wood, Senior Manager Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 press@researchandmarkets.com
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