Forrest R. Whittaker, Chief Executive Officer, Avalign Technologies, Inc.
Forrest Whittaker was named Chief Executive Officer of Avalign Technologies, Inc., in January 2007. His company-wide responsibility covers the four...
Jun 30 2010,
UDI: Is Your System Ready for Scale?
The Coming Tide of Comparative Effectiveness: Tsunami or Wave of Opportunity?
Understanding and measuring your comparative advantages are the best ways to ensure that your company rises with the coming tide....
Jun 30 2010,
Design Controls: Design Review
This is the fourth in a series of articles focused on the design controls process from a standpoint of business...
Jun 30 2010,
Pssst…It’s a Secret…Don’t tell anyone!!!
Remember back to your youth when keeping secrets was an everyday occurrence? Sometimes it was between classmates or siblings, and...
Jun 30 2010,
Enter 2010 and Leave Fear Behind
All told, 2010 will probably settle in at growth in most segments in upper single digit levels, with spine and...
Mar 31 2010,
Design Controls: Inputs and Outputs in Synergy
This is the third in a series of articles focused on the design controls process from a standpoint of business...
Mar 31 2010,
Filing a Provisional Patent Application – Applicant Beware
The world changed as we knew it on June 8, 1995, when the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”)...
Mar 31 2010,
Vested Outsourcing: Game Changing Rules for Outsourcing
In Search of a Better Way to Outsource For the past two years, we have participated in a University of Tennessee...
Mar 31 2010,
Nine Naive Notions About S&OP
These “deal breakers” often get in the way of successful implementation of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). ...
Mar 31 2010,
Why Offshoring Manufacturing “To Save Cost” Won’t, but Trying May Compromise Product Development, Delivery and Quality
Why companies that use offshore manufacturing to cut costs end up losing out on product development, delivery, and quality....
Mar 31 2010,
A Framework for Evaluating Opportunities in a Dynamic Market
We offer insight into some of the primary motivations that would lead a firm to consider new opportunities, as well...
Mar 31 2010,