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"'By working closely with our laboratory customers, Bayer Diagnostics understands that it takes more than just Lean and Six Sigma to affect sustainable process improvement,' stated John Nosenzo, Senior Vice President and General Manager North America, Bayer HealthCare, Diagnostics Division. 'BayerFactor surpasses the tactical process improvement offerings of Lean and Six Sigma by delivering a highly differentiated strategic business improvement offering for the healthcare industry. BayerFactor is unique because it applies a proper mix of consulting services to the most appropriate lab processes. This allows our customers to reduce costs and improve efficiency faster than they could with any other one or two process improvement initiatives alone, and enables them to achieve maximum returns that are sustainable over the long term.'"
So what is it that they add to Lean and Six Sigma? Further on down the article is a hint...
"BayerFactor delivers the first comprehensive business and operational improvement strategy that integrates Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints with award winning process optimization routines."
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