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3.03.1 Simple Six Sigma Calculator

The document explains how to calculate the Six Sigma level based on defects per million opportunities (DPMO). It provides the formula for calculating DPMO using the number of defects, number of units produced, and number of defect opportunities per unit. An example calculation is shown for a hard drive manufacturer with a certain number of drives produced, quality checks performed, and drives rejected, resulting in a specific DPMO and Sigma level. Tables with DPMO and Sigma level conversions are also included.

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3.03.1 Simple Six Sigma Calculator

The document explains how to calculate the Six Sigma level based on defects per million opportunities (DPMO). It provides the formula for calculating DPMO using the number of defects, number of units produced, and number of defect opportunities per unit. An example calculation is shown for a hard drive manufacturer with a certain number of drives produced, quality checks performed, and drives rejected, resulting in a specific DPMO and Sigma level. Tables with DPMO and Sigma level conversions are also included.

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Six Sigma Calculator

The calculation of a Sigma level, is based on the number of defects per million opportunities (DPMO).

In order to calculate the DPMO, three distinct pieces of information are required:
a) the number of units produced
b) the number of defect opportunities per unit
c) the number of defects
The actual formula is:
DPMO = (Number of Defects X 1,000,000)

((Number of Defect Opportunities/Unit) x Number of Units)

Example:
A manufacturer of computer hard drives wants to measure their Six Sigma level.
Over a given period of time, the manufacturer creates 83,934 hard drives.
The manufacturer performs 8 individual checks to test quality of the drives.
During testing 3,432 are rejected.

Defects 3432 DPMO 5111.16


Opportunities 83934 Sigma Level 4.1
Defect Opportunities per unit 8

Six Sigma Table: 1 690,000


2 308,000
3 66,800
4 6,210
5 320
6 3.4

Source for this file:


http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/smtconz/Quality/Simple%20Six%20Sigma%20Calculator.xls
Six Sigma Calculator Enter values in Gray cells only

A. All values required to calculate Sigma level


Defects: 2 DPMO: 10,000
Units: 100 Sigma Level: 3.83
Opportunities per Unit: 2

B. Sigma calculated based on defects and number of opportunities


Defects: 2 DPMO: 8
Number of Opportunities: 250,000 Sigma Level: 5.81

C. Enter only the known Defects Per Million Opportunities


Enter DPMO 66,000 Sigma Level: 3.01

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