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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING &TECHNOLOGY / MECHANICAL & AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT / VIIITERM / FOURTH YEAR
1 / Course number / MEC437
2 / Course Title / STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL(DE-4 ME)
3 / Credits / 4
4 / Contact Hours (L-T-P) / 4-0-0
5 / Course Objective / To provide students with the key concepts and tools that underpin the issue of quality in the process manufacturing industries and introduce the concept and tools of statistical process control.
6 / Course Outcomes / On successful completion of this module students will be able to
  1. Explain the history of SPC.
  2. Explain the importance of quality.
  3. Explain the importance of continuous improvement.
  4. Develop methods of collection variable data
  5. Construct basic SPC control charts with centre line and control limits.
  6. Plot variable data points on control charts.
  7. Identify significant causes of unwanted variation in data as presented by SPC Charts
  8. Recognize out of control signals in chart data.
  9. Measure the process capability.
  10. Solve problems through analysis of collected and charted data.
Complete class projects as instructed.
7 / Outline syllabus:
7.01 / MEC437.A / Unit A / Introduction to Quality Management and Improvement
7.02 / MEC437.A1 / Unit A Topic 1 / Meaning of Quality and Quality Improvement, Brief History of Quality Control Improvement.
7.03 / MEC437.A2 / Unit A Topic 2 / Statistical methods for quality control & improvement
7.04 / MEC437.A3 / Unit A Topic 3 / Management Aspects of Quality control & Improvement
7.05 / MEC437.A4 / Unit A Topic 4 / Statistical inferences in quality control & improvement
7.06 / MEC437.B / Unit B / Basic methods of statistical process control capability analysis
7.07 / MEC437.B1 / Unit B Topic 1 / Introduction, Chance and assignable causes of quality variation,
7.08 / MEC437.B2 / Unit B Topic 2 / Statistical basis for control charts, The rest of magnificent seven
7.09 / MEC437.B3 / Unit B Topic 3 / Implementing SPC in a quality improvement program
7.10 / MEC437.B4 / Unit B Topic 4 / Applications of SPC, Applications of SPC & Quality improvement tools in transactional and service business
7.11 / MEC437.C / Unit C / Variable and Attribute Control charts
7.12 / MEC437.C1 / Unit C Topic 1 / Variable Control charts (¯X and R (statistical basis, development and use, estimating process capability; interpretation, the effect of non normality on the chart, the OC function, average run length);
Control Charts for ¯X and S;
Control Chart for Individual Measurements;
Applications of Variables Control Charts)
7.13 / MEC437.C2 / Unit B Topic 2 / Control Charts For Attributes, Control Chart for Fraction Nonconforming (OC curve of the control chart, variable sample size, nonmanufacturing application, the OC function and ARL calculation); Control Charts for Nonconformities or Defects;
Choices Between Attribute and Variable Control Charts,
Guideline for Implementing Control charts
7.14 / MEC437.D / Unit D / Process and Measurement system capability
7.15 / MEC437.D1 / Unit D Topic 1 / PCA analysis using histogram or a probability plot, Process capability ratios, confidence interval for process-capability ratio, PCA using a control chart, Estimating natural tolerance limits of a process.
7.16 / MEC437.D2 / Unit D Topic 2 / Cumulative-Sum (CUSUM) & Exponentially Weighted Moving Average
(EWMA) Control Charts , CUSUM Control Chart
7.17 / MEC437.D3 / Unit D Topic 3 / The moving Average Control Chart
7.18 / MEC437.E / Unit E / Acceptance sampling
7.19 / MEC437.E1 / Unit E Topic 1 / Lot-By-Lot Acceptance Sampling For Attributes
7.20 / MEC437.E2 / Unit E Topic 2 / The accepting sampling problem, single sampling plan for attributes
7.21 / MEC437.E3 / Unit E Topic 3 / Double, Multiple, and sequential sampling,
7.22 / MEC437.E4 / Unit E Topic 4 / Military Standard 105E, the Dodge-Roming sampling plans (AOQLand LTPD plans).
8 / Course Evaluation
8.1 / Course work: 30%
8.11 / Attendance / None
8.12 / Homework / Three best out of 4 assignments: 20 marks
8.13 / Quizzes / Two 30-minutes surprise quizzes: 10 marks
8.14 / Projects / None
8.15 / Presentations / None
8.16 / Any other / None
8.2 / MTE / One, 20%
8.3 / End-term examination: 50%
9 / References
9.1 / Text book / Montgomery, D.C., “Statistical Quality Control, A modern Introduction”, Wiley India, 6th Edition
9.2 / other references /
  1. Grant, Eugene, L.; Leavenworth, Richard S., Statistical Quality Control, McGraw hill, Seventh edition
  2. Burr, Irving,W., Statistical Quality Control Methods, CRC Press, 1976.
  3. Software Matlab Simulation.

Mapping of Outcomes vs. Topics

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MEC437.A / X / X / X
MEC437.A1 / X
MEC437.A2 / X
MEC437.A3 / X / X
MEC437.A4 / X
MEC437.A5 / X
MEC437.A6 / X
MEC437.B / X / X / X / X
MEC437.B1 / X / X
MEC437.B2 / X / X
MEC437.B3 / X / X
MEC437.B4 / X / X
MEC437.B5 / X / X
MEC437.C / X / X / X / X
MEC437.C1 / X / X / X
MEC437.C2 / X
MEC437.C3 / X / X
MEC437.C4 / X
MEC437.C5 / X
MEC437.C6 / X
MEC437.C7 / X
MEC437.D / X / X / X / X
MEC437.D1 / X / X
MEC437.D2 / X
MEC437.D3 / X / X
MEC437.D4 / X / X / X
MEC437.D5 / X / X / X
MEC437.D6 / X
MEC437.D7 / X / X
MEC437.E / X / X / X / X
MEC437.E1 / X / X / X / X
MEC437.E2 / X
MEC437.E3 / X
MEC437.E4 / X / X