Zimmer Biomet Shows How To Keep Operational Issues From Eclipsing Strategic Goals
Executive Summary
While Zimmer Biomet's search goes on for a new CEO to replace David Dvorak, who stood down in mid-summer, analysts are pressing for a replacement in short order to put stability back into the global No.2 orthopedic device group, which has sales headwinds and ongoing implant production issues at North Campus, Warsaw, to contend with.
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