Scenario 16-1. Ron's Rifle Manufacturers is facing tough competition. Recently, their rifles have received bad publicity due to a faulty safety mechanism. Management is determined to increase the quality of the rifles and have the emphasis on quality become Ron's competitive advantage.
-In Scenario 16-1, Ron's Rifles decides to use the tolerance range of six sigma. This means there will be ______ defects per ______.
A) 2.5; 1,000
B) 6; 1,000
C) 3.4; 1,000,000
D) 4.5; 1,000,000

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Six Sigma is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement that aims for near perfection in manufacturing or business processes. A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of all opportunities to produce some feature of a part are statistically expected to be free of defects. This translates to a goal of no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities.