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OPMT 1106 - Quality Assurance Fundamentals

Operations Management Part-time Studies Course

School of Business

Course Details

Introduces quality assurance for manufacturing and service industries. The course presents a general overview of quality management topics: establishing desired product and/or service quality and reliability and the conditions necessary to achieve them; quality planning; standards for quality management systems; economic factors; quality assurance and production; inspection and test operations; total quality control concepts. Class activities include videos, group discussions and in-class group exercises.

Credits

3.0

Cost

$529.28

Winter 2020

Below is one offering of this course for the Winter 2020 term.

CRN 11999

Tue Jan 07 - Tue Mar 24 12 Weeks

Class Meeting Times

Dates Days Times Locations
Jan 07 - Mar 24 Tue 18:30 - 21:30 BBY SE06 Rm. 205

Instructor

David Muncaster

Course Outline

TBD – see Learning Outcomes in the interim

Cost

$529.28

Notes

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Define quality for products/services in terms of customer and supplier needs.
  • Describe the basic concepts within Quality Management Systems, including the ISO 9000 series standards.
  • Appreciate the planning and work elements for a typical Quality Assurance (QA) system.
  • Differentiate between different inspection types.
  • Describe the four types of quality costs and their trends.
  • Explain the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) and its implementation.
  • Understand the various QA tools used to improve service and production quality.
  • Conduct applied research in the field of Quality.

Effective as of Fall 2017

Related Programs

OPMT 1106 is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Business

  1. Lean Business Improvement
    Part-time   Statement of Completion
  2. Lean Six Sigma Principles
    Part-time   Associate Certificate
  3. Operations Management (Facilities Management Option)
    Part-time   Certificate
  4. Operations Management (Industrial Engineering Option)
    Part-time   Certificate
  5. Operations Management (Management Engineering Option)
    Part-time   Certificate
  6. Operations Management (Materials Management Option)
    Part-time   Certificate
  7. Operations Management (Quality Management Option)
    Part-time   Certificate
  8. Six Sigma Business Improvement
    Part-time   Statement of Completion

School of Health Sciences

  1. Food Safety
    Part-time   Associate Certificate

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