Sig Sigma Abbreviations

Posted on October 18th, 2008



Symbol/Acronym

Meaning

ANOVA

Analysis of variance

COPQ

Cost of poor quality

DFSS

Design for six sigma

DOE

Design of experiments

Dpm (DPM)

Defects per million

FMEA

Failure mode and effect analysis

LCL

Lower control limit

LSL

Lower specification limit

PSM

Program safety management

ROI

Return on investment

RPN

Risk priority number

SOP

Standard operating procedure

SPC

Statistical process control

UCL



Upper control limit

USL

Upper specification limit

MPIW

Mistake proofing improvement worksheet

e

Base of natural logarithm (2,718)

μ

Population mean

∑

Summation

σ

Population standard deviation

σ2

Population variance

n

Sample size

N

Population size

p

Probability or sample proportion

r2

Sample coefficient of determination

s

Sample standard deviation

s2

Sample variance

X2

Sample mean





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