QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL

Course Information
TitleΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΑΤΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ ΕΛΕΓΧΟΣ ΠΟΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ / QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
Code12ΕΖ04
FacultySocial and Economic Sciences
SchoolEconomics
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorChristos Zikopoulos
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600000324

Programme of Study: UPS School of Economics (2013-today)

Registered students: 36
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
OIKONOMIASElective Courses belonging to the other743
DIOIKĪSĪ EPICΗEIRĪSEŌNElective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course)743
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600122968
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The course presents the basic concepts associated with the management of the quality in both production systems and service enterprises, as well as, the analysis of the main procedures for the successful implementation of quality assurance systems in an enterprise. The aim of the course is to clarify to the students the important role of quality as a means of improving the competitiveness of enterprises. Students have the opportunity to understand the concept of quality through the different definitions which have been given and learn how to measure, control and improve quality while taking into account the related cost of quality. Moreover, the course presents the philosophy of TQM, its basic principles and objectives, its differences with the traditional approach of management, its advantages and implementation issues. Particular emphasis is given to the application of Statistical Quality Control techniques for the determination of the ability of processes and finished products to meet specific requirements and for the improvement of outgoing quality, such as Acceptance Sampling and Statistical Process Control (SPC). Finally, the Hellenic and international standards for quality assurance and control are presented and analyzed.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Week 1: Introduction to Quality Management . Definitions, strategic importance and dimensions of quality . TQM , definition and basic principles. Week 2 : Quality of services. Differences between products and services and the general context for the analysis of service systems. Customer satisfaction. Evolution of quality management, different approaches (Juran, Crosby, etc.) and the current domestic practice. Week 3 : Economic analysis of quality. Cost of good and bad quality, optimal quality level. Reduction of the cost of quality. Suppliers evaluation. Week 4: Methods and Tools for Quality Management. Techniques for the development of TQM, simple graphical methods and administrative tools. Week 5: Workshop 1: Applications for quality assurance using commercial software. Week 6: Statistical Quality Control: the necessity of sampling and the evaluation of the statistical properties of sampling plans. Week 7 : ELOT 389.0-398.1 and ISO 2859 standards for lot-by-lot acceptance sampling for attributes. Week 8: ISO 3951 and ANSI / ASQC Z1.9-1980 standards for lot-by-lot acceptance sampling by variables. Week 9: Workshop 2 : Applications of ELOT 389.0-389.1 (ISO 2859) and ISO 3951 standards using commercial software. Week 10: Statistical Quality Control. Methods, philosophy and charts development. Week 11: Applications of statistical quality control for managing services quality (public sector, bank, telecommunications) . Week 12: Lab 3: Application of the methodology of process capability analysis using commercial software. Week 13: Quality assurance systems. ISO 9000 standards. Advantages and disadvantages. Certification procedure and certifying bodies. Critical examination of the domestic practice.
Keywords
Statistical Quality Control, Acceptance Sampling, Statistical Process Control, Services
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures602.1✓
Interactive Teaching in Information Center90.3✓
Written assigments120.4✓
Exams20.1✓
Total833.0
Student Assessment
Description
Described in both course’s syllabus and in course’s Blackboard-website.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Ταγαράς, Γ., «Στατιστικός Έλεγχος Ποιότητας», Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2001. Αυλωνίτης Σ.Α., «Στοιχεία Ελέγχου και Διασφάλισης Ποιότητας», Εκδόσεις Ίων, Αθήνα, 2004.
Additional bibliography for study
James, P., «Μάνατζμεντ Ολικής Ποιότητας», Εκδόσεις Κλειδάριθμος, Αθήνα 1998. Λογοθέτης, Ν., «Μάνατζμεντ Ολικής Ποιότητας», 2η έκδοση, Εκδόσεις Interbooks, Αθήνα, 2005. Ξένη Evans, J.R., «Total Quality: Management, Organization and Strategy», 4th edition, South-Western College Pub; 2004. Goetsch, D.L., Davis, S.B., «Quality Management: Introduction to Total Quality Management for Production, Processing, and Services», 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2003. Montgomery, D.C., «Introduction to Statistical Quality Control», 3rd edition, Willey and Sons, 1997.
Last Update
15-11-2018