Course: Quality Control

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Course title Quality Control
Course code UTM/KB042
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dian Milan, Ing. Ph.D., MBA
  • Střihavková Elena, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Concept and principles of quality management, quality and its importance, historical development of quality management, basic concepts of quality management (standards, ISO, TQM). 2. Economics of quality, essence and importance. 3. Quality in pre-production stages, conception and design, marketing and quality planning. 4. Quality in production, operational quality management, forms and methods of verification of conformity in production, management of nonconformities, corrective and preventive measures. 5. BPR - reengineering, nature and importance, customer management, the impact of technology and methodology of reengineering, process monitoring, change management and innovation management. 6. Quality in post-production stages, commissioning, monitoring of customer satisfaction and loyalty, service and product responsibility. 7. EMS environmental management systems and audits, sustainable development, types of audits, audit methodology, testing, certification. 8. Quality improvement, the essence of improvement processes, ISO 9000: 2015, Kaizen, Quality Journal, VW, Global 8D, Six Sigma method. 9. Methods and tools of quality management, SPC, QFD, FMEA, FTA, evaluation of process capability, measurement analysis 10. Methods and tools of quality management, seven basic and seven new tools of quality management.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Modern quality management is important part of management system, because it loads two fundamental functions: to maximize the contentment and loyalty of consumers and to minimize the costs. The fundamental objective is to acquaint the students with modern systems of quality control, with top management function and workers in quality system in all phases of manufacturing process and services.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • JURAN, M. J., GODFREY, A. B. Juran's Quality Handbook, Fifth Edition. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998. ISBN 0-07-034003-X.
  • Nenadál, J. a kol.:. Moderní systémy řízení jakosti,. 1998.
  • Plura, J. Plánování a neustálé zlepšování jakosti. 2001.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Study plan (Version): Materials and Technologies in Transport (11) Category: Mechanical engineering and mechanical production 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Study plan (Version): Production Management (11) Category: Mechanical engineering and mechanical production 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter