COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STA 5090 SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Statistics (English)
STATISTICS (ENGLISH)
Statistics (English)

Course Objective

Special Techniques in Quality Management course is intended to a general introduction of the modern methods of quality management. In this course, the techniques which are increasingly important in recent years, will be examined and sample of applications of these techniques will be discussed. The major aim of the course is to help students to use and apply these techniques and interpret and report the results

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describing fundamental elements of special methods used in quality management
2   Comprehending the interrelationships of these methods
3   Applying the appropriate methods to the problems of bussiness
4   Expressing gains of each method
5   Interpreting the results obtaining from the methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Lean Manufacturing Principles
2 Lean Manufacturing Techniques
3 Experimental Design and Taguchi Method
4 Applications of Taguchi Method, Assignment1
5 Taguchi's Philosophy and Lost Function
6 The Roles and Responsibilities in Six Sigma, Six Sigma Techiques
7 Putting TPM into perspective from Total Productive Maintenance to Total Productive Manufacturing
8 Midterm
9 Techniques to deliver TPM principles, Assignment2
10 The TPM improvement plan
11 The History and Purpose of FMEA
12 Applications of FMEA
13 Quality Function Deployment, Presentation
14 House of Quality and Voice of Customer

Recomended or Required Reading

1.Pyzdek T., The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
2.Willmott P., McCarthy D.,TPM a Route to World-Class Performance, First Edition,Plan A Tree,2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Homeworks, Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of homework assignments and examinations, presentation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Fen Fakültesi Istatistik Bölümü
e-mail: s.alpaykut@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 85 56

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 30 30
Preparation for Final Exam 1 50 50
Preparing Individual Assignments 2 15 30
Preparing Presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 199

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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