Improved Performance Reliability Has Been Shown to Produce

question 36

Multiple Choice

Improved performance reliability has been shown to produce:

• A)increased profits but at the expense of quality produce.
• B)increased warranty costs as well as increases to rework and scrap costs.
• C)lackadaisical work practices and bipartisan attitudes towards growth.
• D)increased productivity whilst lowering manufacturing costs.

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Definitions:

Evolution

The concept that different species are descended from common ancestors but have evolved over time, acquiring different genetic characteristics as a function of different environmental demands.

Natural Selection

A fundamental mechanism of evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Variability

The degree to which different data points in a set differ from each other and from their average value.

Competition

A situation in which individuals or groups strive against one another to achieve a goal that is limited and cannot be shared.