Medtronic Case Study

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kidney which takes the place of a human kidney. Many patients are alive and healthy

In a competitive market to which Johnson and Johnson operates, the smallest of errors can lead to consequences which can cut revenue. When large mistakes occur, millions of dollars are lost, and even worse, there is a loss of customer confidence. Johnson and Johnson has had numerous recalls in their consumer healthcare division recently, which rocked the organization’s once sound image, and diminished its profits. These recalls have hurt Johnson and Johnson’s stocks and cost the company about $900 million in sales last year (Rockoff, 2011).

Barbara County. The director of supply management is Barney Rubble, who is responsible for procuring supplies. Before passing away, Thurston Howell, director of radiology, made all decisions involving the purchasing of X-ray film. Kodak film has been the sole provider of X-ray film for the last 15 years. Kodak film is of the highest quality, but currently priced well above industry competition. Additionally, Pacific Healthcare has an equipment services

Complaints lead to a recall: Just because many people complain, it doesn't mean a recall is down the line. Complaints tell manufacturers something is wrong. An investigation occurs with one complaint, so many are a cause for concern. However, recalls ensue based on severity and substantial evidence,

As technology develops nothing can hold it back from intertwining with different aspects of life. One of those aspects is the heart. In the nineteenth century Wilson Greatbatch invented the first pacemaker with long life lithium batteries (“Pacemaker”). A pacemaker “uses electrical impulses to regulate the beating of the heart. They treat disorders making the heart’s rhythm too slow, fast or irregular” (“Pacemaker”). Since then technology has evolved the implantation of the pacemaker. Recently, Dr. Chris Ellis, director of clinical arrhythmia research at Vanderbilt University’s Heart and Vascular Institutue, implanted the Micra TPS, a pacemaker that is the size of a vitamin pill, into fifty nine year old Joseph Nelson. The Micra TPS is revolutionary

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The artificial cardiac pacemaker was first created in 1941 by a man named John Hopps, however the pacemaker he created was too large to fit inside of the body. He was responsible for creating an external pacemaker. In 1956 in Buffalo, New York, an electrical engineer and inventor named Wilson Greatbatch was trying to build a recording device which would document heart rhythms. However he installed the inappropriate size resistor into the circuits. Soon he discovered that this device would produce regular electrical pulses. From this discovery he came up with the idea to create the world’s first internal artificial cardiac pacemaker.

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According to the case study, Consumer Health Care: Medtronic’s Health Insurance Options, by Herzlinger, Hurwich and Bokser, I have come to the conclusion that Medtronic was trying to offer an array of services to their employees but yet really didn’t analyze what they were providing. Currently, Medtronic offers three distinct health plans that are comparable with their employee’s as well as industry competitors. However, there were several areas that I found concerning that is in regards to cost where the company is spending more money than they need to. Within this paper, I will be addressing some factors in areas such as where money could be saved so that they may be able to use this additional money in other areas for the company.

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A product recall is a request to return to the manufacturer a consignment or a whole production run of a product, typically due to the detection of safety concerns. The recall is an exercise to bound accountability for corporate carelessness (which can cause costly legal fines) and to develop or dodge damage to publicity. Recalls are generally expensive to a corporation since they usually involve interchanging the recalled product or reimbursing for damage caused by use, though perhaps less expensive than consequential charges triggered by damage to brand name and reduced confidence in the manufacturer.