Hi everyone, It has been mentioned that DPMO offers large advantages over First Pass yield calculations for measuring process performance!!regarding the same I have a few queries: 1. What are the benchmarks for using DPMO as measures of process performance? 2. How is DPMO being employed in improving process performance? 3. Besides the IPC 7912 is any other approach being followed for estimating DPMO levels. 4. What opportunities (Component, Placement, Termination) exist at each stage of process, as Stencil printing, Placement and post reflow?? 5. How is OMI interpreted as a measure of process performance?? 6. What are the benchmark values used for the same? Thanks and have a great weekend. Praveen _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------