Stryker Medical and Stryker Instruments operate as independent divisions. They share two iSeries machines, one with four partitions and the other with two, both of which support manufacturing operations by running business-critical applications, including a J.D. Edwards ERP system, accounts payable/receivable, general ledger, customer service, manufacturing systems, shipping/receiving and data storage.

Network security and audit reporting tools were identified as the most critical shortcomings of their existing systems and would be critical elements in preparing for external audits.The homegrown administrator reports they had relied on couldn’t manage change control, or validation.