Course: Quality Management Tools in Electrical Engineering

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Course title Quality Management Tools in Electrical Engineering
Course code KET/NRK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kupka Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Netolický Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Tůmová Olga, Doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Mathematical tools, probability theory and mathematical statistics 2) Continuous and discontinuous distribution forms, standards in quality area, Juran trilogy of quality 3) Quality control and improvement tools 4) Quality control and improvement tools 5) Statistical process control - Control charts by variables, Process capability evaluation 6) Statistical process control - Control charts by attributes 7) Statistical sampling by variables 8) Statistical sampling by attributes, Seven management and planing tools 9) Tools for quality planning - APQP, QFD, Control plan 10) FMEA - Failure mode and effect analysis 11) DOE - Design of experiments 12) Tools for quality improvement - PDCA cycle, 8D methodology 13) Lean - DMAIC, lean production, poka-yoke, 5S, 6 sigma - principles, DFSS Tutorials: 1) Fundamentals of probability, characteristics of random processes 2) Application statistics in quality control, normal distribution 3) Examples of stratifications, flow-charts, cause and effect diagrams 4) Examples of Pareto analysis, histograms, scatter diagrams 5) Examples of Shewhart control charts by variables 6) Examples of Shewhart control charts by attributes 7) Examples of statistical sampling by attributes 8) Examples of statistical sampling by variable 9) Test 10) Process FMEA 11) DOE methodology - design and evaluation of the experiment 12) 8D Report example 13) Consultation and credit

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Skills
apply basic knowledges from probability and statistics and basic knowledges from measurement
learning outcomes
Knowledge
explain basic characteristics of random processes
distinguish among tools for quality planning, quality control and quality improvement
Skills
use tools for quality planning, quality control and quality improvement
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Practicum
Skills
Practicum
Competences
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Oral exam
Skills
Test
Competences
Test
Recommended literature
  • Analýza možných způsobů a důsledků poruch (FMEA) : referenční příručka. 4. vyd. Praha : Česká společnost pro jakost, 2008. ISBN 978-80-02-02101-8.
  • Moderní plánování kvality produktu (APQP) a plán kontroly a řízení : referenční příručka. 2. vyd. Praha : Česká společnost pro jakost, 2009. ISBN 978-80-02-02142-1.
  • Statistická regulace procesů (SPC) : příručka. 2. vyd. Praha : Česká společnost pro jakost, 2006. ISBN 80-02-01810-9.
  • Montgomery, Douglas C. Introduction to statistical quality control. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2005. ISBN 0-471-65631-3.
  • Oakland, John S. Statistical process control. 6th ed. Oxford : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008. ISBN 978-0-08-055173-9.
  • Tůmová, Olga. Metrologie a hodnocení procesů. 1. vyd. Praha : BEN - technická literatura, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7300-249-7.
  • Tůmová, Olga; Pirich, Dušan. Nástroje řízení jakosti a základy technické diagnostiky. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2003. ISBN 80-7043-247-0.


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