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@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ gate and an assembly gate:
 - **Assembly verification, automated**: the highest-value check is that the
   right record goes into the right jacket; scanning the runout matrix code
   against the jacket barcode at the packing station makes mismatches
-  impossible rather than unlikely, and confirms inserts and extras per the
-  order's bill of materials
+  systematically caught rather than unlikely, and confirms inserts and
+  extras per the order's bill of materials
 - **Barcode verification** on every finished unit (a misprinted barcode is
   a rejected delivery at the distributor)
 - **Shrink wrap and final visual** on a sampling basis