COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITY CONTROL IN TEXTILES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TKS 3506 QUALITY CONTROL IN TEXTILES COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Textile Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GONCA BALCI KILIÇ

Offered to

Textile Engineering

Course Objective

To teach principal concepts and philosophies on the subject "quality and quality management''.
Quality management system standards, application methods, knowledge about benefits of these standards for enterprises.
To teach statistical process control tools and examples from textile sector.Raising the teamwork and communication abilities by group studies and presentations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Skill of using statistical process conrol methods for different areas in textile industry.
2   To have principal knowledge about establishment of quality management system and acquiring quality management standard.
3   To gain quality, cost and efficiency point of view on manufacturing.
4   To gain the ability to analyze quality variability and related problems, to be able to establish cause-effect relations in the textile industry.
5   To be able to check process qualification and product quality and to take corrective precautions .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Principal concepts, definitions:design quality,conformance quality, total quality control, quality assurance, quality managenement, quality policy, quality audits
2 Development of quality control philosophy in enterprises, quality control understanding in textile industry, effects of unique features of textile industry on quality control, quality / poor quality costs, Case studies
3 Philosophy and principles of statistical process and quality control. Some methods used in process control: Flow diagrams, control charts, various graphics
4 Some statistical methods used in process control: cause-effect diagrams, Pareto Analysis, principles and types of control charts.
5 Preparation and interpretation of control charts.Case studies of control charts for textile industry.
6 Case studies of control charts for textile industry.
7 Total Quality Management: Philosophy, Principles.Benefits of Total Quality Management (TQM)applications for enterprises.Causes of failure in TQM applications
8 Lean, 6 sigma, Lean 6 sigma
9 Lean Manufacturing and Total Quality Management
10 Lean manufacturing Systems, Kaizen, JIT (just-in-time production), Kanban, JIDOKA, Poka Yoke
11 5S, SMED, TPM
12 Presentations and discussions of students' teamwork studies
13 Presentations and discussions of students' teamwork studies
14 Presentations and discussions of students' teamwork studies

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Quality Planning and Analysis, J.M Juran,F.M Gryna, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 1987.
2. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control(Fourth Edition), Douglas C. Montgomery, John Wiley & Sons,Inc.,9971-51-351-X, Singapore, 2000.
3. An Introduction to Quality Control for the Apparel Industry, P.V. Mehta, ASSQC Quality Press Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1992.
4. Statistical Methods for the Textile Industry, Mario Bona, Texilia, Italy, 1993.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course presentation, assignment (group study), student presentation, midterm exam and final exam.

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

For the determination of homework grades of the students grouped to perform the homework, the students are expected to investigate the topics that are given by the lecturer separately for each group, to prepare a report and to give presentation to the students of the other groups at a predetermined date. The homework grade for each of group member is given by taking into consideration the prepared report of the presentation, in-class evaluation of the students who follow the presentation, in-class evaluation to determine the participation/efficiency of the group members who perform the presentation.

Assessment Criteria

30% Midterm Exam + 20% Assignment + 50% Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gonca BALCI KILIÇ
Dokuz Eylul Univ. Fac. of Eng. Textile Engineering Dept.
Tinaztepe Campus
35397 Buca - Izmir Türkiye
Tel: +90 232 301 77 11

Office Hours

It will be determined in the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm exam 1 1,5 2
Final exam 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1433432
LO.2111
LO.3211
LO.4334
LO.53324

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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