Suppose we observe 300 boxes delivered incorrectly to the wrong addresses in a small city during a single day when a total of 100,000 boxes were delivered. What is the DPMO in t…

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Peter Bratton · Answer 1 · 2020-04-21T01:04:50+0000

Answer:

DPMO 3,000

Step-by-step explanation:

Defect per Millon Opportunities

$1000000 * (sample \: defect)/(sample \: size) = \: dpmo$

DPMO = 1,000,000 * 300/100,000 = 3,000

we divide the failure of the sample by the sample side and apply the ratio to 1,000,000 to get an expected failure per millon