How to calculate your DPMO

Do You Need to Know How to Calculate the Defects Per Million Opportunities (DPMO) of your Products or Processes?

Did You Know You Can Do a DPMO on Budgeting Processes, Say for a SAP Project?

Many SAP customers have embarked on a lean six sigma effort.  But they find they need a common way to measure quality in order to determine which sigma level they are operating at.  

Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma

Defects Per Million Opportunities (DPMO)  

What Is It and How Do You Use It?

Want to Know How to Calculate DPMO From Sigma Level

In order to both determine what any specific product's sigma level is or in order to compare 2 or more item's quality, you need a common way to measure their quality level.  And thus was born the concept of Defects Per Million Opportunities or DPMO.  With this tool, you can:

  • Convert varying levels of defects per unit produced into a 'universally comparable' number
  • Measure defects and sigma levels for both manufactured products as well as processes, such as processing a check
  • Convert Apples-to-Oranges comparison's to Apples-to-Apples

 

You can get your free copy of this simple yet powerful, proven tool from the world of Total Quality Management by completing the form on the right.