Defects Per Million Opportunities (DPMO)

Defects Per Million Opportunities (DPMO) is a key figure in quality assurance that measures the number of defects in a process per million potential defect opportunities.

DPMO enables companies to evaluate the quality of their processes by standardizing and comparing the number of defects. A low DPMO value indicates higher process quality, while a high DPMO value indicates potential for improvement.

Using DPMO helps companies to set quality targets, identify problems and implement targeted improvement measures in order to continuously improve process quality.