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

The correct answer is letter "C": increasing yield.

Explanation:

One of the tasks manufacturers must deal with are defective products. Unfortunately, even if the introduction of technology has led to the development of massive, effective production systems, it does not ensure perfection. Lawsuits and trials are the results of providing consumers with products that have failures even if they were tested before leaving the company by the quality team.

Thus, reducing the number of defective units produced will decrease the number of claims raised by consumers which will leave the company with more profit.