Course detail

Quality Management

FSI-GRI-A Acad. year: 2021/2022 Winter semester

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

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

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 machinery.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is conditional on 100% attendance at practicals and preparation of the semester work.
Examination:
Test consisting of 20 questions (max. 20 points).
Semester work on approved topic (max. 2 points).
Rating: 19 points or more A; 18 points or more B; 16 points or more C; 14 points or more D; 12 points or more E

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 project.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-ENG-A: Mechanical Engineering, Master's, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Syllabus

1. Terms and definitions
2. Context of the organization
3. Leadership of the organisation
4. Quality planning – QFD
5. Quality planning – System FMEA
6. Quality planning – FTA
7. Support processes of Quality Management
8. Operation processes of Quality Management – SPC
9. Performance evaluation
10. Improvement of processes – KAISEN
11. Improvement of processes – DOE
12. Improvement of processes – Process FMEA
13. Presenation and defence of semestral project

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

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