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Quality Management and Engineering, 6 ECTS credits.
/Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling, gk/
For:
DPU
EM
I
Ii
IND
KA
KeBi
Kem
M
TB
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Industrial Engineering and Management
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
The course intends to meet industryâ?Ts requirements for engineers with knowledge in the quality field. The course will provide a holistic view of the quality field with particular focus on principles, methodologies and techniques for quality management. After the completed course, the student shall be able to;
- collect, assess and analyse process information in order to systematically identify and solve quality related problems within industry and service.
- plan and conduct quality improvement projects concerning statistical quality control, design of experiments, product development and process development
- apply fundamental principles, methodologies and techniques for quality management and with a systems perspective identify situations where these can contribute to industrial development through improvement of products and processes
- critically assess and discuss forms for organising quality improvements and describe principles for how quality management can be implemented in industrial organisations
- evaluate and develop policies, goals and procedures for quality management and describe the structure of a quality management system
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Probability and statistics
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Supplementary courses:
Six Sigma Quality, Statistical Quality Control, Lean production, Customer Focused Product and Service Development
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Organisation:
In order to encourage active learning with our students, the course is organised around a number of project assignments connected to an industrial example. The teaching consists of lectures, where theoretical perspectives are presented; seminars for discussion of cases; tutorials where the students have the opportunity to apply central methods; and regular supervision to support the projects.
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Course contents:
Strategies within TQM, Customer focus, Design of experiments, Statistical process control, Capability, Process management, 7 improvement and 7 management tools, Quality Management Systems with focus on ISO 9001:2008, Lean production.
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Course literature:
Bergman B. och Klefsjö B., Kvalitet i alla led, Studentlitteratur, Lund, 2002 (when the course is given in Swedish)
Bo Bergman and Bengt Klefsjö, Quality From Customer Needs to Customer Satisfaction, Studentlitteratur, 2010 (when the course is given in English)
Handouts
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Assignments
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2 ECTS
4 ECTS
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The results from the examinations are weighed together to form the final grade. |
Course language is Swedish (spring) / English (autumn, second period).
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Jostein Langstrand
Examiner: Martina Berglund, Jostein Langstrand
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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