DPPM
Quality
DPPM (Defective Parts Per Million)
Defective Parts Per Million
Number of defective units per million units produced or delivered.
Examples
- 01A supplier delivering 400,000 sensors per year with 20 rejects has a DPPM of 50.
- 02The quarterly supplier scorecard ranks suppliers by DPPM, with a target of below 25 for safety parts.
- 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.