The document provides a 4-step process for calculating sigma levels:
1. Define the process, product, and customer requirements being evaluated.
2. Identify all possible defects in a single product unit and the number of opportunities for defects.
3. Gather data on the number of product units and total defects to calculate defects per million opportunities (DPMO).
4. Use a conversion table to determine the estimated sigma level based on the DPMO value.
The document provides a 4-step process for calculating sigma levels:
1. Define the process, product, and customer requirements being evaluated.
2. Identify all possible defects in a single product unit and the number of opportunities for defects.
3. Gather data on the number of product units and total defects to calculate defects per million opportunities (DPMO).
4. Use a conversion table to determine the estimated sigma level based on the DPMO value.
The document provides a 4-step process for calculating sigma levels:
1. Define the process, product, and customer requirements being evaluated.
2. Identify all possible defects in a single product unit and the number of opportunities for defects.
3. Gather data on the number of product units and total defects to calculate defects per million opportunities (DPMO).
4. Use a conversion table to determine the estimated sigma level based on the DPMO value.
The document provides a 4-step process for calculating sigma levels:
1. Define the process, product, and customer requirements being evaluated.
2. Identify all possible defects in a single product unit and the number of opportunities for defects.
3. Gather data on the number of product units and total defects to calculate defects per million opportunities (DPMO).
4. Use a conversion table to determine the estimated sigma level based on the DPMO value.
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Sigma Calculation Worksheet
STEP 1. Select the process, unit, and requirements.
• Identify the process you want to evaluate.
• What is the primary “thing” produced by the process? • What are key customer requirements for the unit?
STEP 2. Define the “defect” and “number of opportunities”.
• Based on the requirements noted above, list all the possible defects in a single unit (e.g. late or missing data, wrong size, delivered to wrong address, etc.). Be sure the defects described can be identified objectively. • How many defects could be found on a single unit?__________(opportunities)
• Determine total opportunities in data gathered: # Units counted x opportunities = ______________(total opportunities) • Calculate defects per million opportunities: (# defects counted / total opportunities) x 1000000= ________ (DPMO)
STEP 4. Use simplified conversion table and note estimated sigma here.
