Company Report: DJ Ortho
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Written and produced by James Buchanan & Patrick Harlow

DJO LLC uses a Kaizen-Blitz technique for quick strike continuous improvement in making leg and ankle braces

Sports have become an all consuming passion for more and more Americans. That fact has brought numerous health benefits, but also more than a few knee and ankle injuries.

Providing braces for the knees and ankles of this increasing number of sports enthusiast has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry.

"The situation we are in is that we are in a highly fragmented market where a lot of competitors tend to specialize in one particular modality," says Jerry Wright, director, corporate quality assurance and operational excellence for DJO LLC. "We, on the other hand, work across all of the modalities particular to the non-operative market for orthopedic products."

Rich Gildersleeve, VP of product development, adds, "By non-operative we mean to say that there are companies such as DePuy, Stryker, and Zimmer that work in the operative, or more invasive, side of the industry

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