Being right 99% of the time seems like a quality percentage – until you calculate what that 1% actually costs an organization.

• Babies born annually in the United States = 3,932,181
  • At 99% accuracy 39,322 babies are sent home to the wrong parents
• Prescriptions filled annually in the United States = 4.27 billion
  • At 99% accuracy 42.7 million Rx are filled incorrectly
• Distribution Centers pick 250 million units annually
  • At 99% accuracy 2.5 million units are picked incorrectly
    • That’s almost 7,000 units picked incorrectly every day if working 365 days/year

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