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DPMO

Meaning in industrial engineering & manufacturing, with examples

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In industrial engineering & manufacturing, DPMO means: Short for defects per million opportunities: the number of defects divided by the total number of chances for a defect, multiplied by one million.

In Turkish: milyon fırsatta hata sayısı, milyon fırsat başına hata

How it is used

The standard way to express a sigma level in Six Sigma; 3.4 DPMO corresponds to Six Sigma quality. It allows comparison between simple and complex products. It differs from ppm, which counts defective parts rather than defect opportunities.

Example sentences

  1. We found 18 defects in 500 boards with 40 opportunities each, which is 900 DPMO.

  2. Our goal is to bring the soldering process below 1,000 DPMO this year.

Common collocations

  • calculate DPMO
  • DPMO target
  • sigma level
  • defect opportunity
  • Six SigmaA data-driven method for improving processes by reducing variation and defects, aiming for no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities.
  • defectA fault in a product or part that means it does not meet its specification, such as a scratch, a crack, a wrong dimension or a missing component.
  • process capabilityHow well a stable process can produce parts within the specification limits, usually expressed with indices such as Cp and Cpk.
  • first pass yieldThe percentage of units that come out of a process right the first time, with no rework, repair or scrap. Shortened to FPY.

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