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Sigma Performance Levels - One To Six Sigma

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  • Sigma Performance Levels -- One To Six Sigma
    Sigma LevelDefects Per Million Opportunities (DPMO)
    1690,000
    2308,537
    366,807
    46,210
    5233
    63.4

    What Would This Look Like In The Real World?
    It's one thing to see the numbers and it's a whole other thing to see how it would apply to your daily life.

    Real-World Performance Levels
    Situation/ExampleIn 1 Sigma WorldIn 3 Sigma WorldIn 6 Sigma World
    Pieces of your mail lost per year [1,600 per year]1,106107<1
    Number of empty coffee pots at work (who didn't fill the coffee pot again?) [680 per year]47045<1
    Number of telephone disconnections [7,000 talk minutes]4,8394670.02
    Erroneous business orders [250,000 per year]172,92416,6940.9

     
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