Dave: Thanks this is what I was looking for. I will chart this out and pass it on to the Mfg. Engineer who ask the question. Thanks to all the replys. (Terri, Lou, & Ed) Appreciate the quick response. Ron Hollandsworth -----Original Message----- From: David Fish [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:09 PM To: Hollandsworth, Ron Subject: Re: [TN] Subj: Six Sigma Ron: From Breyfogle (ISBN 0471296597): Spec limit|Defective ppm - no mean shift|Defective ppm - 1.5 sigma mean shift ±1 sigma|317300|697700 ±2 sigma|45500|308700 ±3 sigma|2700|66810 ±4 sigma|63|6210 ±5 sigma|0.57|233 ±6 sigma|0.002|3.4 Dave Fish "Hollandsworth, Ron" wrote: > Good Morning TechNetters! > Here is a brain teaser for this early morning. Thinking six sigma. Six > sigma is suppose to be 3.4 PPM. Good! Now what is five sigma, four, three, > two , one. There is a chart that shows that relationship of a certain sigma > and the PPM associated with that particular sigma value. > > Ok, the first five to get the right answer will be eligible to go on to the > "Who wants to be a Black Belt" show. Enough levity, can someone help me > out. Do you know the chart I am referring to? Can you send me the values > and I'll make a chart. > > Grasshopper Ron > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################