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Methods of Quality Planning and Improvement

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Course Unit Code639-3016/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PLU30prof. Ing. Jiří Plura, CSc.
Summary
The subject is focused to the mastering of selected methods of quality planning and improvement. In the quality planning field attention is paid to the methodical approaches to product quality planning and to selected methods of quality planning, as QFD, FMEA, process capability analysis and seven new quality management tools. In the field of quality improvement attention is paid to the methodology of improvement, seven basic quality management tools, statistical process control and acceptance sampling.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student will be able:
• to classify methods of quality planning and improvement
• to identify suitable methods for various situations
• to apply selected methods of quality planning and improvement
• to interpret achieved results
• to propose suitable actions.
Course Contents
1. Present development in the quality management field.
2. The importance of quality planning. Methodical approaches and requirements in the field of quality planning
3. Selected quality planning methods. QFD. Transformation of customer requirements to the product quality characteristics. House of Quality.
4. Potential failures risks minimisation with using FMEA. Design FMEA. Process FMEA
5. Process capability analysis. Process capability indices and their interrelations.
6. Seven new quality management tools. Affinity diagram, interrelationship diagram, matrix diagram.
7. Seven new quality management tools. Matrix data analysis, PDPC diagram.
8. Seven new quality management tools. Network diagram.
9. Methodical approaches to the quality improvement. PDCA cycle. Quality Journal method.
10. Seven basic quality management tools. Flowchart. Cause-effect diagram.
11. Data form. Pareto analysis.
12. Histogram in quality management. Scatter diagram.
13. Control charts. Principles of statistical process control.
14. Control charts for variables and attributes.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
PLURA, J. Methods of Quality Planning and Improvement. 1. vyd. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2016. Dostupné z
http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI_ENG/2_rocnik/QM/Methods%20of%20Quality%20Planning%20and%20Improvement%20.pdf
GRYNA F. M., RICHARD C. H., CHUA a JOSEPH A. DE FEO. Juran's quality planning and analysis: for enterprise quality 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2007. ISBN 978-0-07-296662-6.
TAGUE, Nancy R. The quality toolbox. 2nd ed. Milwaukee: ASQ Quality Press, 2005. ISBN 0-87389-639-4.

PLURA, J. Plánování a neustálé zlepšování jakosti. 1. vydání. Praha: Computer Press, 2001. ISBN 80-7226-543-1.
PLURA, J. Plánování jakosti I. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2008. Dostupné z http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI/639/639-Plura-Planovani-jakosti-I.pdf
PLURA, J. Methods of Quality Planning and Improvement. 1. vyd. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2016. Dostupné z http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI_ENG/2_rocnik/QM/Methods%20of%20Quality%20Planning%20and%20Improvement%20.pdf
HUTYRA, M., NENADÁL, J., R. PETŘÍKOVÁ a J. PLURA. Management jakosti, Ostrava: VŠB- Technická univerzita Ostrava. ISBN 978-80-248-1484-1. Dostupné z http://www.elearn.vsb.cz/archivcd/FMMI/MJ/Hutyra_management_jakosti.pdf
Recommended Reading:
FICALORA, J. a L. COHEN. Quality function deployment and Six Sigma: a QFD handbook. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN 978-0-13-513835-9.
MCDERMOTT, Robin E., Raymond J. MIKULAK a Michael R. BEAUREGARD. The basics of FMEA. New York: CRC Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-56327-377-3.
NENADÁL, J., D., NOSKIEVIČOVÁ, R., PETŘÍKOVÁ, J., PLURA a J. TOŠENOVSKÝ. Moderní management jakosti. 1. vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7261-186-7.
PLURA, J. Analýza způsobilosti procesů. 1. vyd. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-248-3719-2. Dostupné z http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI/639/639-Analyza%20zpusobilosti%20procesu.pdf
MCDERMOTT, Robin E., Raymond J. MIKULAK a Michael R. BEAUREGARD. The basics of FMEA. New York: CRC Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-56327-377-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit40 20
        ExaminationExamination60 31