CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

INDU 6331 4XX: Advanced Quality Control (Credits: 4.0)

Winter 2017

Instructor: Dr. M.Chen, Office: EV004-169, Phone: 3134, Email:mychen@encs.concordia.ca

Classes: Tuesday, 5:45pm 8:30 pm Class Room: MB3.445

Office Hours: Wednesday, 3:00pm 5:00pm or by appointment

Course Webpage: http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mychen/mychen.html#courses

Text Book: Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, by D. Montgomery, 6th (or 7th) Ed, Wiley, 2008 (2013).

References: Statistical Quality Control, by E. Grant and R. Leavenworth, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1996;
Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, by D. Montgomery and C. Runger, 4th Edition, Wiley, 2006.

Course Description: Introduction to advanced quality control and improvement concepts. Fundamentals of
statistical methods and theoretical basis for quality control methods. Advanced and newly developed quality
control and improvement methods such as modified and acceptance charts, multiple stream process control,
control charts with adaptive sampling and engineering process control for quality. International standards of
acceptance sampling. Economic design and implications of quality control and improvement procedures. A
project is required.

Learning Objectives: To provide the student with in-depth knowledge in developing effective quality control
and improvement methods and tools. To introduce advanced and practical quality control and improvement
methods as they are used in different application areas of manufacturing, services and other sectors. For student
to understand the importance of quality issues related to productivity and reducing production cost.

Syllabus

Lecture Topics Est. Number of Lectures Reference To Text

1 Introduction 1 1
2 Probability and Statistical Methods for Quality Control 1 3,4
and Improvement
3 Statistical Fundamentals and Control Charts 3 5,6,7
Statistical Process Control Basics
Widely Used Control Charts for Variables and
Attributes
Operating Characteristic Functions
4 Process and Measurement System Capability Analysis 1 8

1
 Lecture Topics Est. Number of Lectures Reference To Text
5 Advanced SPC Tools 2 9,10
EWMA Chart
Charts for Short Production Runs
Multiple Stream Process Control Charts
SPC with Autocorrelated Data
SPC with Adaptive Sampling
SPC with Engineering Process Control
6 Economic Model of X Control Chart 1 10
7 Acceptance Sampling 2 15,16
Basic Attribute Sampling Plans
Sequential Sampling
Sampling by Variables
8 Project Presentations 1
Total 12

Special Notes

There will be 12 lectures with each lecture taking 150+15 minutes

There will be no class on Tuesday, February 7, 2017.

Grading:
Assignments 5%
In class quizzes 15% (counting the better 3 out of 4 quizzes)
Project 20%
Final Exam 60%
Total 100%

Passing Requirement:
50% or higher of the final exam paper
50% or higher of the total mark
Participate and complete the group project

Project: Group project should be conducted for manufacturing or service process design and
analysis, for improved quality and/or reliability of the product, service, and/or
processes. More details will be given within the first 3 weeks of class.

Table of conversion (subject to adjustment) from numerical marks to alphabetical grades

0-59 60-69 70-73 74-76 77-79 80-84 85-89 90-100

F C B- B B+ A- A A+