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Course syllabus - Total Quality Management and Maintenance Technology
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
KMT010
Valid from
Autumn semester 2013
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Product and Process Development
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2013-02-14
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Kvalitet från behov till användning
5., uppdaterade och utök. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2012 - 702 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-07825-0 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 13540471
Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the student(s) with knowledge in modern quality and maintenance technology, its terms and techniques.
Learning outcomes
After the completed course the student will be able to:
- describe the terms quality, quality control, quality assurance as well as what Total Quality Management (TQM) means
- carry out an improvement project according to the Sex-Sigma model
- apply the 7 QC-tools
- apply Design of experiment for optimisation of either a construction or a process
- describe the terms reliability, availability and maintenance as well as carrying out basic calculations, e.g. availability of a system
- carry out risk analyses such as FTA/FMEA
Course content
Total quality management
QFD, experimental planning
continues improvement according to Sex-Sigma
Statistical process control
Customer satisfaction
Leadership for quality
tools for improvement ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
reliability and availability
risk analyses FMEA/FTA
maintenance - total productive maintenance (TPM)
Non-destructive testing
Tuition
Lectures, exercises and experiments.
Examination
Exercise (INL1), 3 credits, marks Pass (G)
Examination (TEN1), 4.5 credits, marks 3, 4 or 5
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Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass with credit, Pass, Fail