DPO and DPMO

DPMO

DPMO scales the exact DPO to a million opportunities.

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Scale to a Million

DPMO scales DPO to defects per million opportunities.

DPMO=DPO×1000000\text{DPMO}=\text{DPO}\times1000000
DPMO snapshotThe chart displays the recomputed DPO and DPMO values.defect-rate metricsDPO 1/50; DPMO 20000measurevaluemeaningunits100checked unitsopportunities per unit4defect chances per unittotal opportunities400units times opportunitiesdefects8observed defectsDPO1/50defects per opportunityDPMO20000DPO times one millionbase defectsbase defects 8what-if defectswhat-if defects 5base DPMObase DPMO 20000what-if DPMOwhat-if DPMO 12500what-if DPO 1/80; DPMO 12500; reduction 7500

Compute DPMO

The exact DPMO is 20000.

1/50×1000000=200001/50\times1000000=20000
DPMO snapshotThe chart displays the recomputed DPO and DPMO values.defect-rate metricsDPO 1/50; DPMO 20000measurevaluemeaningunits100checked unitsopportunities per unit4defect chances per unittotal opportunities400units times opportunitiesdefects8observed defectsDPO1/50defects per opportunityDPMO20000DPO times one millionbase defectsbase defects 8what-if defectswhat-if defects 5base DPMObase DPMO 20000what-if DPMOwhat-if DPMO 12500what-if DPO 1/80; DPMO 12500; reduction 7500