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I'm reminded of the (probably apocryphal) story of how IBM did a trial outsourcing of some electronics manufacturing to Japan, back in the 50s or 60s when this was considered risky. Their contract specified a 3% defect rate, which was considered very low at the time.

Months pass and IBM gets their order delivered in big crates. They pop one open and find that some of the parts are stored in a bag at the top. There is a note attached, which reads: "We do not understand why you desire 3% faulty parts, but for your convenience, we have packaged them separately."



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