In addition to identifying and dealing with defective products before they reach customers,quality management is concerned with initiating process changes that will reduce the number of defective units produced.All other things held constant,a decrease in the number of defective units will increase throughput by
A)increasing productive capacity.
B)increasing productive processing time.
C)increasing yield.
D)increasing all components of throughput.

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A decrease in the number of defective units produced will increase yield, which means a higher percentage of units produced meet the required quality standards. This can lead to increased throughput by reducing the need for rework or scrapping of defective units, thus saving time and resources. However, it will not directly increase productive capacity or processing time, nor will it necessarily increase all components of throughput.

In Addition to Identifying and Dealing with Defective Products Before