rejected goods; rejected article; reject; seconds; second; off-grade goods
main parts; main components
finding fault (with); being picky
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
employee training; employee education
supplier; provider; vendor
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
crude wood (i.e. with many knots)
clean room (e.g. in semiconductor manufacturing); cleanroom
point of production; production site; shop floor
skilled worker; skilled labour
cosmo-chemistry; space science
task force; response team; squad; unit
examiner (e.g. patent examiner)
genuine product; officially licensed product; non-counterfeit article
competing companies; rival companies
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
cost reduction; cost saving
to devise; to plot; to plan
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
fine article; good-quality item; quality product
rocket engine; rocket motor
small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
listed company (on a stock exchange)
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
substrate; (computer) circuit board
carrying out one's original intention