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Q 554. Suppose we have a scenario where data is being gathered for both defects and defectives in a specific process. In addition, the defects are categorized into minor, major, and critical, which are the three types of defects that various organizations typically recognize. In this situation, how would you check for the capability of the process? Which capability metric would you prefer to use - DPMO, DPU or Yield%? Please provide examples to support your answer. Note for website visitors - This platform hosts two questions per week, one on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All previous questions can be found here: https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/. To participate in the current question, please visit the forum homepage at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/. The question will be open until the following Tuesday or Friday evening at 5 PM Indian Standard Time, depending on the launch day. Responses will not be visible until they are reviewed, and only non-plagiarised answers with less than 5-10% plagiarism will be approved. If you are unsure about plagiarism, please check your answer using a plagiarism checker tool such as https://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ before submitting. All correct answers shall be published, and the top-rated answer will be displayed first. The author will receive an honourable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term. -
Hi friends while i was doing dpmo calculation i found that i got some interactions with a dpmo of 0 and some with dpmo of 10^6. how can we infer both of these values and calculate the sigma value? -
Q. 176 What could be the possible pitfalls to using DPMO as a metric? You may refer to the DPMO calculator at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/calculators/sigma-level-calculator-discrete-data-defects/ Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.
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Q 78. DPMO (Defects Per Million Opportunities) is used as an alternative to PPM (Parts Per Million Defective). For customers, defective items or Non- Conforming outcomes is a prime concern and they have penalty clauses based on PPM. Companies sometimes prefer to use DPMO instead of PPM as a measure of process performance. Explain specific situations where DPMO is a better measure as compared to PPM and vice versa. Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.
