QUALITY ENGINEERING AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT

ISYE 520

Introduces engineers to applications of total quality concepts and tools to develop, implement, and maintain an effective quality assurance system in a manufacturing or service organization. Emphasis is on documentation development, team-based improvement strategies, and international quality standards.

ISYE 515

Addresses the role of the industrial engineer as a "manager" of continuous improvement in design and production processes. Provides modern tools and techniques for planning and managing team projects, integrating the concepts of total quality, data based decision making, and resource management.

ISYE 618

Strategic quality planning, change management, problem identification and solving, process improvement, and performance evaluation. Business and decision-making skills related to quality systems and process improvement.

ABT 760

Quality and project management issues and roles during different phases from RD to market. Introduction to Installation qualification, operation qualification and process qualification (PQ). Project management phases: conceptualizing, planning, executing and closing. Project schedule and time management tools and techniques. Project requirements including quality assurance.

ISYE 575

Introduction to statistically based quality improvement methods useful in industrial settings; observational methods and design of experiments; experimentation to discover influential factors and to analyze sources of variation; robust products.