The phrase "address failures" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the need to confront or deal with problems or shortcomings in a particular context, such as in business, technology, or personal development.
Example: "In our next meeting, we will address failures in our project management process to ensure better outcomes in the future."
Alternatives: "tackle shortcomings" or "confront issues".
Food industry representatives and public health officials called on members of Congress to address failures in the nation's response to the salmonella outbreak linked to fresh produce.
The workplace team also improved monitoring of the data centre, to address failures and monitor impacts of initiatives such as air flow improvements, to reduce demands on cooling.
"But we welcome the Obama administration's decision to address failures by Guatemala, or any other Cafta country, to meet the standards incorporated in the Cafta," he said.
G4S's director of children's services Paul Cook said at the time of the report's publication that the company was working to address failures.
The government also came in for criticism for failing to address failures in corporate governance rules that allowed Carillion to become a "giant and unsustainable corporate timebomb".
The scope of the reforms should address failures in the Ebola response, and entrenched weaknesses that enabled the epidemic to reach its heights.
It's how you address failure that determines the accomplishments and successes in your life.
A way around the problem of balance is to address failure head on.
Similar to macro-scale tests, tensile loading is the preferred method to address failure in metals.
Several mature conventional reliability engineering techniques exist in literature but traditionally these have primarily addressed failures in hardware components and usually assume the availability of a running system.
The majority of the 15 recommendations made by Mr Clarke are directed at addressing failures by the Department for Education over a lack of suitable controls to ensure that public interests are safeguarded at all times.
