In process improvement efforts, defects per million opportunities or DPMO (or nonconformities per million opportunities ( NPMO )) is a measure of process performance . It is defined as
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8-459: A nonconformance of a quality characteristic (e.g. strength, width, response time) to its specification . DPMO is stated in opportunities per million units for convenience: processes that are considered highly capable (e.g., processes of Six Sigma quality) are those that experience fewer than 3.4 defects per million opportunities (or services provided). Note that DPMO differs from reporting defective parts per million (PPM) in that it comprehends
12-557: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Defects per million opportunities DPMO = 1 , 000 , 000 × number of defects number of units × number of defects opportunities per unit {\displaystyle {\text{DPMO}}={\frac {1,000,000\times {\mbox{number of defects}}}{{\mbox{number of units}}\times {\mbox{number of defects opportunities per unit}}}}} A defect can be defined as
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