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Six Sigma Table

A table presenting both short-term and long-term Sigma rates for various %Yield and Cp values.

 

DPM Sigma Short Term Sigma Long Term Yield Cp
3.4 6 4.5 99.99966 2

5 5.9 4.4 99.99954 1.97
9 5.8 4.3 99.99915 1.93
13 5.7 4.2 99.9987 1.9
21 5.6 4.1 99.9979 1.87
32 5.5 4 99.9968 1.83

48 5.4 3.9 99.995 1.8
72 5.3 3.9 99.993 1.77
108 5.2 3.7 99.989 1.73
159 5.1 3.6 99.984 1.7
233 5 3.5 99.98 1.67

337 4.9 3.4 99.97 1.63
483 4.8 3.3 99.95 1.6
687 4.7 3.2 99.93 1.57
968 4.6 3.1 99.90 1.53
1,350 4.5 3 99.87 1.5

1,866 4.4 2.9 99.81 1.47
2,555 4.3 2.8 99.74 1.43
3,467 4.2 2.7 99.65 1.4
4.661 4.1 2.6 99.5 1.37
6,210 4 2.5 99.4 1.33

8,198 3.9 2.4 99.2 1.3
10,724 3.8 2.3 98.9 1.27
13,903 3.7 2.2 98.6 1.23
17,864 3.6 2.1 98.2 1.2
22,750 3.5 2 97.7 1.17

28,716 3.4 1.9 97.1 1.13
35,930 3.3 1.8 96.4 1.1
44,565 3.2 1.7 95.5 1.07
54,799 3.1 1.6 94.5 1.03
66,807 3 1.5 93.3 1

80,757 2.9 1.4 91.9 0.97
96,801 2.8 1.3 90.3 0.93
115,070 2.7 1.2 88.5 0.9
135,666 2.6 1.1 86.4 0.87
158,655 2.5 1 84.1 0.83

184,060 2.4 0.9 81.6 0.8
211,855 2.3 0.8 78.8 0.77
241,964 2.2 0.7 75.8 0.73
274,253 2.1 0.6 72.6 0.7
308,538 2 0.5 69.1 0.67

344,578 1.9 0.4 65.5 0.63
382,089 1.8 0.3 61.8 0.6
420,740 1.7 0.2 57.9 0.57
460,172 1.6 0.1 54.0 0.53
500,000 1.5 0 50.0 0.5

539,828 1.4 -0.1 46.0 0.47
579,260 1.3 -0.2 42.1 0.43
617,911 1.2 -0.3 38.2 0.4
655,422 1.1 -0.4 34.5 0.37
691,462 1 -0.5 30.9 0.33

725,747 0.9 -0.6 27.4 0.30
758,036 0.8 -0.7 24.2 0.27
788,145 0.7 -0.8 21.2 0.23
815,940 0.6 -0.9 18.4 0.20
841,345 0.5 -1 15.9 0.17

864,334 0.4 -1.1 13.6 0.13
884,930 0.3 -1.2 11.5 0.10
903,199 0.2 -1.3 9.7 0.07
919,243 0.1 -1.4 8.1 0.03
933,193 0 -1.5 6.7 0.00