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Sigma Performance Levels - One To Six Sigma
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| Sigma Performance Levels -- One To Six Sigma | | Sigma Level | Defects Per Million Opportunities (DPMO) | | 1 | 690,000 | | 2 | 308,537 | | 3 | 66,807 | | 4 | 6,210 | | 5 | 233 | | 6 | 3.4 |
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/Example | In 1 Sigma World | In 3 Sigma World | In 6 Sigma World | | Pieces of your mail lost per year [1,600 per year] | 1,106 | 107 | <1 | | Number of empty coffee pots at work (who didn't fill the coffee pot again?) [680 per year] | 470 | 45 | <1 | | Number of telephone disconnections [7,000 talk minutes] | 4,839 | 467 | 0.02 | | Erroneous business orders [250,000 per year] | 172,924 | 16,694 | 0.9 |
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