.01 = 1%
.1 = 10%
1 = 100%
10 = 1000%
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Jeff Charlton
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IKON Managed Services
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Tom Wilson
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:18 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Time Warner/Iron Mountain - lost records
OK, self-correction. LOL - darn. I don't drink coffee and here I sit not
even able to be aware that percentages start behind the decimal place so I
have to use 0.001 instead of 0.1 (which is 10%). NO one will ever trust my
calculations on this list again! :-)
Thanks Peter!
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Wilson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:12 AM
To: 'Records Management Program'
Subject: RE: Time Warner/Iron Mountain - lost records
My calculation is that 100.0 - 99.9 = 0.1. 5,000,000 x 0.1 = 500,000. Is
my calculator programmed wrong? ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Peter Kurilecz
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:31 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Time Warner/Iron Mountain - lost records
On 5/4/05, Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> don't remember saying that it would stop sloppiness, but rather I
> believe I suggested that it could be used to reduce the incidents of
> sloppiness by practicing some statistical analysis ala TQM. Iron
> Mountain reported that 99.9% of 5 million trips were conducted
> successfully. That translates to 500,000 trips being conducted
> unsuccessfully. Is that an acceptable number? Now of course we don't
> know what they mean by successful, all tapes delivered accurately,
> none lost or that the truck hadn't broken down.
dang it all. you would think I would learn not to handle a calculator
until after the second cup of coffee.
the correct number is 5,000 trips not 500K. But I think my question
still holds true, "is that an acceptable number?" What if you are one
of the 5,000?
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Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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