Course detail

Quality Management

FSI-GRI-KAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course familiarises students with basic principles of quality management and quality assurance in a company.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Alois Fiala, CSc.

Department

Institute of Production Machines, Systems and Robotics (ÚVSSR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course on Quality Management enables students to obtain knowledge of creation of the system of quality management and assurance in an enterprise and its audit and certification. Also dealt with are the ways of quality assurance in development, manufacturing and assembling stages of a product creation, as well as application of suitable methods.

Prerequisites

Student should have basic knowledge of design of production machines,
systems and university mathematics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is conditional on 100% attendance at laboratory practicals and approved reports. Examination has a written and an oral part and tests student’s knowledge and his/her ability to apply it in practice.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course on Quality Management familiarises students with basic principles of quality management and assurance in an enterprise. The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with the European standards for quality management and assurance and with methods of quality assurance from pre-production stages of a new product development.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

1. 100% attendance at practicals. 2. Working out of semester work. Missed lessons may be compensated for by attending a practical with another study group or via an individual written task.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Masing, W., : Handbuch der Qualitätssicherung
Hering, E.; Trimel, J.; Blank, H., : Qualitätssicherung für Ingenieure
Redeker, G., : Grundlagen der Qualitätssicherung, Institut für Qualtätssicherung

Type of course unit

Guided consultation

9 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alois Fiala, CSc.

Syllabus

Concepts and terminology, definition and dimension of quality, customers, process, system of process control and development.
International Standards ISO 9000, ISO 10005, ISO 10006, ISO 10007 ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001.
Total quality management.
Resources of quality management. Trstiny. Operation research. Psychological and sociological studies. Ergonomics study. Applied statistics.
Tools of quality management. Data collection, data analysis, results interpretation. SPC, DOE, QFD Metod, FMEA and FTA Metod.

Laboratory exercise

4 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alois Fiala, CSc.

Syllabus

Lessons are organised in modules of 2 hours every 2 weeks.
1. Practical application of QFD method
2. Practical application of FTA method
3. Practical application of FMEA method
4. Assignment of semester projects
5. Consultations to semester projects.
6. Consultations to semester projects.
7. Presentation of semester projects + course-unit credit awarding

Controlled Self-study

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Alois Fiala, CSc.

Syllabus

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Quality Management

Type of course unit