All of the spend control measures that were enacted in March continued through Q3. These measures covered most of our discretionary spending, including curtailments in hiring, travel, meetings, and outside consultants.

Oct 29, 2020 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Kevin Lobo, CEO | earnings call 2020-10-29 | transcript b7f1079b-d047-4a8e-b2f1-f183995ff343 | chars 13279-13497 | segment 13

From a cost structure standpoint, you know, we are sort of experiencing a sort of new ways of working and being more virtual and obviously saving on travel and other things.

Jul 30, 2020 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Kevin Lobo, CEO | earnings call 2020-07-30 | transcript ff32203e-bc01-4629-8e05-f5a53cbc2106 | chars 26342-26515 | segment 26

So the qualitative commentary is what the pandemic has provided us is really shown us how effective we can be without having to be the high cost, high travel company we've been historically.

Jul 30, 2020 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Kevin Lobo, CEO | earnings call 2020-07-30 | transcript ff32203e-bc01-4629-8e05-f5a53cbc2106 | chars 45952-46142 | segment 46

Given the current environment, we enacted measures in March covering most of our discretionary spending. These included curtailments in hiring, travel, meetings, consultants, as well as the idling of certain manufacturing lines and facilities, including furloughing the related workers.

Apr 30, 2020 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Kevin Lobo, CEO | earnings call 2020-04-30 | transcript 4980446e-935c-4be7-9f65-3c4a3a05ef60 | chars 15653-15939 | segment 15

We took a number of steps in March to aggressively limit travel to ensure the safety of our employees and customers while ensuring our essential personnel were available to support healthcare workers around the world.

Apr 30, 2020 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Kevin Lobo, CEO | earnings call 2020-04-30 | transcript 4980446e-935c-4be7-9f65-3c4a3a05ef60 | chars 2790-3007 | segment 2