DPMO, or Defects per Million Opportunities

DPMO, or Defects per Million Opportunities

August 5th, 2013

Calculation used in Six Sigma Process Improvement initiatives indicating the amount of defects in a process per one million opportunities; number of defects divided by (the number of units times the number of opportunities) = DPO, times 1 million = DPMO. See also DPO; Six Sigma; Defect Opportunity).