Course Information
Instructor Profile:
Full Name: Thomas Kuczek
Phone: 765-494-6051
Email:
Office: HAAS 152
Fax: 765-494-0558
Homepage: http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~kuczek/
Course Number: IE53000
Semester Offered: Fall 2009
Day:
Time:1:30-2:20pm
Delivery Mode: Mode:
Course Name:
Quality Control
Learning Objective:
To become fluent in the language and techniques of modern Quality Control and its applications. While areas of application are typically thought of as being in the area of manufacturing, they can also be applied to ordering, accounting, record keeping and customer satisfaction, among others. Quality Control and Management techniques are applicable to any organization.
Brief Course Description: (briefly summarize the major topics and highlights covered in this course. It would be helpful to reflect how this course might be relevant to an engineer on the job. Please be as succinct as possible)
Techniques of modern Quality Control and Management. Topics include Statistical and graphical data summaries, basic tools (pareto charts, fishbone diagrams, flowcharts), Control Charts for Measurement and Attribute data, proper use of Control Charts, Capability Studies, Continuous Improvement, ISO 9000:2008 Requirements, Six Sigma and Taguchi Methodology.
Course Outline by Topical Areas:
1. Basic concepts.
2. Summarizing Data.
3. Basic Tools (flowcharts, fishbone diagrams, pareto charts).
4. Shewhart Control Charts.
5. Facts about Control Charts.
6. Effective use of Control Charts.
7. Capability.
8. Use of Control Charts for Continual Improvement.
9. Setting the Process Aim.
10. Topics for Measurement Charts.
11. Control Charts for Attribute Data.
12. Effective use of Attribute Data.
13. Acceptance Sampling.
14. ISO 9000:2008
15. Six Sigma.
16. Taguchi Methods.
Pre-requisites: (list specific degree requirements and subject and background knowledge, rather than course names and numbers, required to succeed in this course)
A basic course at the advanced undergraduate level in Statistics and Probability. This course should include the normal, binomial, poisson distributions as well as basic estimation of means and variances of said.
Course Requirements: (It is important that the working student not underestimate the time and effort required to complete this course. Please indicate the number and frequency, and any other special information concerning homework and exams.)
Homework:
Worth 50 points total. Approximately weekly.
Will homework be accepted via the Internet?
If yes, please provide the email address/URL for homework to be sent to:
Exams:
Two 100 point midterms.
One 150 point final exam.
Is a Project required?
If yes, is the project job-related?
Please provide a brief description of the project:
Textbook(s): (Include the following: author, title, edition, publisher, year, ISBN. Please verify that the text is in print and available before submitting information to ProEd. Indicate if text is required, recommended, or reference.)
Understanding Statistical Process Control, Wheeler and Chambers. SPC Press, IBSN 0-945320-13-2.
What is Six Sigma? Authors, Pete Pande and Larry Holpp. McGraw-Hill, IBSN 0-07-138185-6.
Notes/Handouts via:
Indicate the approximate percentages of your class which would be applied: 80% and theoretical: 20%
Syllabus: (Please provide a copy of your syllabus for this course. It should accurately reflect the course content as you expect to teach it; but may be revised if necessary before being distributed to the class.)
Check this box to indicate that a copy is being sent to ProEd or indicate the web address in the box below.
Computer Requirements: (Please provide a brief description of the type of computer work that will be done and any other computer-related information needed for this course. Include any software, O/S, applications, collaboration software, graphing calculators, etc. needed)
ProEd minimum computer requirements.
View ProEd Minimum Computer Requirements
Course Website: Which of the following best describes your plans for using a website in your course?
I will be using BlackBoard for my course website.
I will be using BlackBoard and my own course website.
The address for my class website is:
http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~kuczek/stat513/
If you use BlackBoard, which of the following tools do you provide to students on the course page:
A link to my current course website
Syllabus
Grades
Lecture Notes
Homework Assignments
Solutions
Quizzes
Chat Room
Message Board
Other
When will your website be running?
Website is up now. Although the assignment timetable is from last Spring, it gives a good idea of the pace of the assignments. The website will be updated almost daily during the semester to reflect current reading assignments ,etc.
Other special instructional requirements or materials: (e.g. video-conferencing, computer accounts, specialized software, laptop/pen tablet port, pen tablet hardware, etc., if applicable)
I will likely use Adobe Connect Pro to set a virtual "chat room" so that students may share documents and comments. I will e-mail everyone detailed instructions on how to enter and use the room. Connect Pro is quite intuitive so that students will not have to go thru the ordeal of learning the infamous "Blackboard" system.
Thank You!
Engineering Professional Education
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