An American computer company was looking to outsource their production to Japan.
They've found a Japanese manufacturer and agreed on price, for the following specification:
"10,000 units at 99.9% quality assured"
The Japanese received the order and in due time shipped the goods with the following note:
"Dear client, we've produced the computers as per your specification. We did not understand
why you required to produce 10 faulty units, but we've made those for you, as instructed
They've found a Japanese manufacturer and agreed on price, for the following specification:
"10,000 units at 99.9% quality assured"
The Japanese received the order and in due time shipped the goods with the following note:
"Dear client, we've produced the computers as per your specification. We did not understand
why you required to produce 10 faulty units, but we've made those for you, as instructed