Have we pulled out cost as we reduced the number of defects that create detractors?

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After making some adjustments within each team, the journalists managed to produce eight cars in 10 minutes (one short of our goal) and reduced the number of defects from 25 to 7.

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He cited an instance in the 1990s when a number of children with limb defects were born in the Isle of Wight within a relatively limited period and it was suggested that this "cluster" was connected with pollutants in the sea.

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Cambridgeshire County Council said its original contractor had left the route from St Ives to Cambridge with a number of "major defects".

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The central idea of Six Sigma is to reduce the number of mistakes, or defects--be that faulty Zip drives or misaddressed envelopes--to less than 3 defects per million.

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The bridge has already undergone a number of repairs but still has about 100 defects including leaks, peeling paint, cracks, loose bolts, as well as problems with its shock absorbers, the council said.

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Over a 13-year period ending in 2010, the number of hospital admissions for people ages 18 and over with heart defects grew much faster than the rate for those under 18, researchers said.

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And as age changes the physical condition and interactions of weapons' components and materials, the probability will increase that -- without a renewal of periodic testing -- such defects will increase in severity and number.

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