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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

$519.73 - $529.28 See individual course offerings below for actual costs.

Fall 2019

Below are two offerings of this course for the Fall 2019 term.

CRN 30819

Tue Sep 10 - Tue Nov 26 12 Weeks

Class Meeting Times

Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 10 - Nov 26 Tue 18:30 - 21:30 BBY SW01 Rm. 2030

Instructor

David Muncaster

Course Outline

Cost

$519.73

Notes

  1. .

This course offering is in progress and full. Please check back next term or subscribe to receive email updates.

In Progress and Full

CRN 46263

Tue Sep 10 - Tue Nov 26 12 Weeks

Class Meeting Times

Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 10 - Nov 26 Tue 18:30 - 21:30 BBY SW09 Rm. 122

Instructor

Sandra Amador

Course Outline

Cost

$519.73

This course offering is in progress and full. Please check back next term or subscribe to receive email updates.

In Progress and Full

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 NE01 Rm. 402

Instructor

David Muncaster

Course Outline

TBD – see Learning Outcomes in the interim

Cost

$529.28

Notes

  1. .

This course offering is full. Please check back next term or subscribe to receive email updates.

Full

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

Programs and courses are subject to change without notice.

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