Catalogue Description:
Statistical methods are useful in control of quality of manufacturing
processes and manufactured products. Topics include data description;
measures of central tendency and dispersion; confidence intervals; Shewhart
control charts for attributes and variables; acceptance sampling procedures;
total quality management concepts and tools. Emphasis is on understanding,
design, implementation, and interpretation of these techniques.
References
- Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, Douglas C. Montgomery
- Quality Control, Dale Besterfield
- Elementary Statistics, Allan Bluman
Course Objectives:
1. Provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts of statistical
quality, control statistical process control, strategic total quality
management and the application of these concepts, philosophies, and
strategies to issues arising in industry.
2. Enhance the student’s understanding of the complexities of statistical
analysis, sampling plans and control-chart interpretation and their
work-place application.
3. Provide skills in diagnosing and analyzing problems causing variation
in manufacturing and service industry processes.
4. Provide a basic understanding of "widely-used" quality analysis tools
and techniques. Create an awareness of the quality management
problem-solving techniques currently in use.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1- Define quality, statistical process control (SPC), the detection, and
prevention models.
2- Define the concept of variation, and calculate the basic statistics
parameters.
3- Apply the SPC tools to collect, organize, and analyze data.
4- Use Control Charts to study and analyze SPC data.
5- Explain the significance of quality in business.
6- Explain the role of Statistical Quality Control (SQC) within broader
contexts such as Total Quality Management (TQM) Six Sigma and
Lean.
Topics and Tentative Schedule:
Topics Weeks
Introduction to quality control 1
Measures of central tendency 1
Measures of dispersion 1
Grouping data and frequency distribution 1
Probability distributions 1
Confidence intervals 1
Statistical Process control 1
Control charts for variables 1
Control Charts for attributes 1
Sampling plans 1
Total Quality Management 2
Course Weights
Final 45
EDPT905 Mid Term 25
Quality Assignments &
Control Projects 20
Quizzes 10