Basic Concepts:
Definitions of quality, Quality of design, Quality of conformance, and Quality of performance, Dimensions of quality, Quality characteristics, Quality control, Statistical quality control and cost of quality.
Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics:
Events, Sample space, Probability rules, Dependent and Independent events, Statistical tools in quality control, Concept of variation, Graphical tools for data representation and analysis, Discrete and continuous probability distributions and their applications in quality control, numerical problems
Control charts for Variables:
Variation, Causes of variation, Objectives of control charts, Choice of variable, Subgroup size and subgrouping, frequency of sampling, control limits. Process capability analysis, Relationship of a process in control to specification limits, Variable charts - X bar chart, R chart, σ chart, revision of control limits and RPI, Introduction to cusum chart and moving range charts, numerical problems
Control charts for Attributes:
Control charts for fraction nonconforming (p chart, np chart) and nonconformities (c chart and u chart) with variable and constant sample size, Choice between variables and attributes control charts, revision of control limits, numerical problems
Failure Data Analysis :
Introduction, Failure Data, Quantitative measures, MTTF, MTBF, Bathtub Curve, Mean Life, Life Testing, numerical problems, Introduction to Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
Acceptance Sampling:
Fundamentals of acceptance sampling, Sampling methods, OC Curves and their characteristics, AQL, IQL, LTPD, AOQ/AOQL. Types of acceptance sampling-Single, Double, Multiple, and Sequential sampling plans, Average Total Inspection, comparison amongst sampling plans, numerical problems
System Reliability:
Definition, Series, parallel and mixed configuration, Block diagram concept, r-out-of-n structure solving problems using mathematical models. Difficulty in achieving reliability, Methods for improving reliability during design, Different techniques available to improve reliability, Reliability-Cost trade off, Prediction and Analysis, numerical problems
Maintainability and Availability:
Introduction, Techniques available to improve maintainability and availability, trade-off among reliability, maintainability and availability, Simple problems