Quality Management for Mechanical Engineering

11B1760

Bachelor

German

5.0

only winter term

1 semester

Quality management (QM) plays a central role in companies today; a lack of a quality management system is an existential competitive disadvantage, e.g. because it results in exclusion from markets.

After completing the module, students will be familiar with the basic features of a modern quality management system and will be able to identify corresponding areas of application across all areas of the company and the entire product life cycle as well as apply various quality management methods including statistical tools.

1. Importance of quality and quality management for companies

2. Elements of a quality management system

3. Structure, principles and contents of QM systems according to DIN EN ISO 9000ff etc.

4. Quality management in the product life cycle from planning to production and use

5. Introduction to production measurement technology

6. Use of statistical methods (basics, evaluation of measurement series, statistical process control (SPC), capability studies (MFU, PFU, MSA))

7. Other QM tools (e.g. Q7, M7, 8D)

The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

• Written examination

• Written Exam: see the respective valid study regulations

Fundamentals of engineering, basic mathematical knowledge, fundamentals of statistics

Students know the basic topics of quality management as well as the terminology, possible applications and limitations of quality management systems in companies. They can identify and describe the methods and tools associated with a problem.

Students relate the tasks of quality management to their familiar activities in the development and production of mechanical engineering products and integrate the application of quality management methods and tools into these activities.

Students can interpret the results of the application of quality management and statistical methods and tools and derive measures for quality improvements.

Students apply the knowledge gained in the module to practice-oriented tasks such as implementing a quality management system, evaluating measurement data or determining the causes of quality problems.

Students cooperate with each other when working on practice-oriented tasks. They present and discuss their results and those of others. 

Students recognize the importance of quality management for their professional activities and question their work with regard to the resulting requirements.

• Pusch, Rainer

• Pusch, Rainer