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zero defects

 
 
noun [plural] PRODUCTION

Definition

a system that tries to make certain that a company's products or services contain no problems that will cause them not to work correctly: The company makes billions of things with zero defects at a very low cost.
zero-defect adjective To implement a zero-defect policy, it was necessary to introduce a rigorous system of total quality control. → See also defect noun
(Definition of zero defects noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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