10ME668 Statistical Quality Control syllabus for ME


Part A
Unit-1 Introduction 6 hours

The Meaning of Quality and Quality Improvement; Brief History of Quality Methodology; Statistical Methods for Quality Control and Improvement; Total Quality Management (quality philosophy, links between quality and productivity, quality costs, legal aspects of quality implementing, quality improvement).

Unit-2 Modeling Process Quality 6 hours

Mean, Median, Mode, Standard deviation, Calculating area, The Deming funnel experiment, Normal distribution tables, Finding the Z score, Central limit theorem.

Unit-3 Methods And Philosophy Of Statistical Process Control 6 hours

Chance and assignable causes, Statistical Basis of the Control Charts (basic principles, choices of control limits, significance of control limits, sample size and sampling frequency, rational subgroups, analysis of pattern on control charts, warning limits, Average Run Length-ARL)

Unit-4 Control Charts For Variables 8 hours

Control Charts for X-Bar and R- Charts, Type I and Type II errors, the probability of Type II error. Simple Numerical Problems

Part B
Unit-5 Process Capability 6 hours

The foundation of process capability, Natural Tolerance limits, cp – process capability index, cpk, pp – process performance index, summary of process measures. Numerical problems

Unit-6 Control Charts For Attributes 7 hours

Binomial distribution, Poisson distribution (from the point of view of Quality control) Control Chart for Fraction Nonconforming, Control Chart for number Nonconforming, ControlCharts for Nonconformities or Defects, Control Chart for Number of non conformities per unit. Numerical problems

Unit-7 Lot-By-Lot Acceptance Sampling For Attributes 7 hours

The acceptance sampling problem, single sampling plan for attributes, Double, Multiple, and Sequential sampling, AOQL, LTPD, OC curves, Military Standard 105E, the Dodge-Romig sampling plans. Numerical problems

Unit-8 Cumulative-Sum (Cusum) & Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (Ewma) Control Charts 6 hours

CUSUM Control Chart (basic principles of the chart for monitoring the process mean); EWMA control chart (EWMA control chart for monitoring process mean), design of an EWMA control chart.

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