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DPPM
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DPPM (Defective Parts Per Million)

Defective Parts Per Million

Number of defective units per million units produced or delivered.

Examples

  1. 01A supplier delivering 400,000 sensors per year with 20 rejects has a DPPM of 50.
  2. 02The quarterly supplier scorecard ranks suppliers by DPPM, with a target of below 25 for safety parts.
  3. 03When a supplier's DPPM jumps from 15 to 300 in one month, the supplier is placed on controlled shipping until the cause is fixed.

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