After completion of this course each student would be able to:
The Quality Control and Reliability is a compulsory course and has been offered by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
CLO |
Description |
Taxonomy Level |
PLO |
1 |
DISCUSS the philosophy of basic concepts of quality improvement. |
C2 |
1 |
2 |
PREDICT process capability and measurement of system capability. |
C3 |
4 |
3 |
ANALYZE process variations with the help of control charts. |
C4 |
4 |
Course Contents:
Definitions of Quality, Dimensions of Quality, Evolution of Quality Control, Quality Characteristics, Quality Control, Benefits of Quality Control and the Total Quality System, Quality Costs.
Edwards Deming’s Philosophy, Philip B. Crosby’s Philosophy, Joseph M. Juran’s Philosophy, The Three Philosophies Comparation.
Introduction to quality systems, ISO 9001 and other Quality systems, ISO 9001:2015 Quality system – Elements, Implementation of Quality system, Documentation, Quality Auditing, ISO 14000 Concepts, requirements and benefits.
Causes of Variation, Statistical Basis for Control Charts, Selection of Control Limits, Errors in Making Inferences from Control Charts, Warning Limits, Effect of Sample Size on Control Limits, Analysis of Patterns in Control Charts.
Control Charts for the Mean and Range, Development of the Charts, Standardized Control Charts, Control Limits for a Given Target or Standard, Control Chart Patterns and Corrective Actions.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Attribute Charts, Chart for Proportion Nonconforming: p-Chart, Chart for Number of Nonconforming Items: np-Chart.
Introduction to reliability, Life-Cycle Curve and Probability Distributions in Modeling Reliability, Probability Distributions to Model Failure Rate, System Reliability.