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MEEN40270

Academic Year 2024/2025
This is a core module on the Master of Engineering Management programme. It is designed for postgraduate students based in industry and who have at least five years professional engineering work experience.

This is an advanced module in the theory and application to practice of quality management principles, in particular Lean and Six Sigma. The module will cover the following topics:
Quality Management philosophy and methodology, ISO 9000 Quality Assurance Standards series. Total quality management. Quality Costs, Quality auditing. Benchmarking. Continuous Improvement, value analysis. Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA). Business Excellence Models. Application of statistical methods to process and quality control. Lean and Six Sigma tools and techniques.

The alternative linear conversion grade scale will be used in this module (A+ 95%-100%, A 90%-94%, A- 85%-89% etc)

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