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Top Products by Defect Rate
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Top Products by Defect Rate

HardSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to identify the top 5 products by monthly defect rate, joining production, quality, and shipment tables.

Calculate defect rate as total defects divided by shipped units, using shipped records only. Return the five highest-rate products for each calendar month.

Output

  1. One row per product and month with month, product_id, total_defects, shipped_units, defect_rate, and monthly_rank.
  2. Include only the top five products per month, ordered by month and descending defect rate, with product_id as the tie-breaker.

Schema

production
ColumnTypeDescription
production_idPKINTUnique production lot identifier
product_idVARCHAR(20)NXP Semiconductors product identifier
production_dateDATEDate the production lot was completed
units_producedINTUnits produced in the lot
quality
ColumnTypeDescription
quality_idPKINTUnique quality inspection identifier
production_idINTProduction lot inspected
defect_countINTDefective units recorded during inspection
shipment
ColumnTypeDescription
shipment_idPKINTUnique shipment identifier
production_idINTProduction lot associated with the shipment
shipped_unitsINTUnits included in the shipment record
shipment_statusVARCHAR(20)Shipment lifecycle status
Tablesproductionqualityshipment
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