COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED STATISTICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKY 5028 ADVANCED STATISTICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Quality Management

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR LEVENT ŞENYAY

Offered to

Quality Management

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide knowledge about statistical quality control techniques which include measurement system analysis for assessing measurement quality, experimental design for improvement of design quality, and advanced control charts.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to design experiments for product/process design.
2   to be able to make statistical analyses about the results of experiments.
3   to be able to optimize the processes according to results of experiments.
4   to be able to analyze measurement systems.
5   to be able to apply advanced level control charts (CUSUM, EWMA) in a production process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Measurement System Analysis-1
2 Measurement System Analysis-2
3 CUSUM Control Charts
4 EWMA Control Charts
5 Control Charts for short productions
6 Using design of experiments for product and process improvement
7 Experiments for one factor-1
8 Experiments for one factor-2
9 Full factorial designs with two levels-1
10 Full factorial designs with two levels-2
11 Fractional factorial designs with two levels
12 Blocking in fractional factorial designs with two levels
13 Taguchi loss function
14 Taguchi approach to design of experiments

Recomended or Required Reading

Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, D. Montgomery, John Wiley.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Class lecturing, 2) Lectures on applications, 3) Presentation of case studies, 4)Discussion and analysis of case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 2 5 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1335
LO.2335
LO.3335
LO.435
LO.535