EM533 QUALITY ENGINEERING
| Course Code: | 8660533 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Engineering Management |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. GÜLSER KÖKSAL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
To develop a basic understanding of role and techniques of quality engineering and control at the product/service/process design and manufacturing stages of a product’s life cycle. To develop an ability for understanding customer requirements, and translating them into product and process characteristics. To develop an ability to monitor processes, detect special causes of variation. To develop an ability to formulate and solve typical design optimization problems by statistical experimentation. To improve the ability to detect important quality problems during product/service development and generate solutions for them.
Course Content
Total quality concept. Quality assurance and control activities. Statistical process control. Control charts. Acceptance sampling. Process capability. Quality through product, process and service design. Failure modes and effects analysis. Inventive problem solving approaches for quality improvement.
Prerequisite: EM 521
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Have improved awareness of financial aspects, risks and trade-offs associated with the decisions. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Can effectively solve complex problems in areas related with their background, integrating their non-Industrial Engineering undergraduate educational knowledge with the Engineering Management skills. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Can integrate their engineering skills with practical business knowledge. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Appreciate the academic ethics. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution