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What does zero defect strategy mean?

The zero defect strategy, also called zero defect management or zero defect principle, is a method of the CIP, is a striving of all parties to reduce the error rate to zero. This includes all measures and precautions that make processes and action instructions safe, traceable and controllable. The aim is to eliminate the smallest defects in every existing production process, i.e. even in the development phase of the product.