For instance, a 3% rate of defective products or services may be tolerable, but 5% may not be. Still, management should be always on guard for ways to improve procedures and reduce the number of defective products.
The UK Weights and Measures Act of 1878 first defined the imperial pound in terms of metric units (1lb = 453.59265g) , and in 1893 the Mendenhall Order defined the United States pound by describing a kilogram as equivalent to 2.20462 pounds.
To find out how many pounds in kilograms, multiply by the conversion factor or use the converter below. 1 Kilogram = 2.20462262 Pounds. Kilogram is the base unit of mass in metric system and defined as the mass of one liter of water. It's commonly used globally except a few countries. The abbreviation is kg. Pound is the unit of mass in imperial, U.S. customary and a few other measurement systems.