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Transport Systems Quality Management

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-3315/04
Abbreviation MJDS
Course title Transport Systems Quality Management
Credits 4
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Ivana Olivková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Quality management, the concept of quality systems, industry standards.
2. TQM and their application in transportation.
3. Key processes in quality systems. Quality assurance.
4. The role of managers in quality systems. Quality and the human factor.
5. Economic aspects of quality management. Planning, regulation and quality improvement in transport.
6. Quality management in transport.
7. Basic tools and methods for data analysis and quality control.
8. Principles of the European Union's approach to quality assurance and conformity assessment.
9. Auditing in quality management systems.

E-learning

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Literature

DALE, B. G., David R. BAMFORD a Ton van der WIELE, ed. Managing quality: an essential guide and resource gateway. Sixth edition. Chichester: Wiley, 2016. ISBN 978-1-119-13092-5
BIROLINI, Alessandro. Reliability engineering: theory and practice. 7th ed. Berlin: Springer, c2014. ISBN 978-3-642-39534-5
TRICKER, Ray. Quality management systems: a practical guide to standards implementation. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. ISBN 978-0-367-22351-9 
HELGI ÞÓR INGASON. Quality management: a project management perspective. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. ISBN 978-0-367-43251-5 

Advised literature

MUNRO, Roderick A., Govindarajan RAMU a Daniel J. ZRYMIAK. The certified Six Sigma green belt handbook. Second edition. Milwaukee: ASQ Quality Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-87389-891-1
LUTHRA, Sunil, Dixit GARG, Ashish AGARWAL a Sachin K. MANGLA. Total quality management (TQM): principles, methods, and applications. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. Mathematical engineering, manufacturing, and management sciences. ISBN 978-0-367-51283-5
LIM, Jong Seong. Quality management in engineering: a scientific and systematic approach. Hoboken: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. ISBN 978-0-367-23008-1
FAGHIH, Nezameddin, Ebrahim BONYADI a Lida SARRESHTEHDARI. Quality management and operations research: understanding and implementing the nonparametric Bayesian approach. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. ISBN 978-0-367-74490-8.