MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Computing & Information Technology Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
BUS5540
Quality and reliability V
B W Jenney
6 points + One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial + Second semester +
Clayton
Synopsis Introduction to the principles and practices of total quality
management and relevant international standards. Statistical methodology for
process capability, process control, acceptance sampling and simple
experimental design. Reliability definitions and statistics. Failure
probability density and hazard functions. Weibull and Hastings distributions.
Capital equipment life-cycle costing and replacement planning. Applications of
personal computer software in quality management, reliability and
replacement.
Assessment Written: 20% + Examination (2 hours): 80%
Prescribed texts
- Hastings N A J RELCODE reliability and replacement analysis student
edn, Dept Business Systems, Monash U, 1995
- Montgomery D C Introduction to statistical quality control 2nd edn,
Wiley, 1991
Recommended texts
- Juran J M Juran's quality control handbook 4th edn, McGraw-Hill,
1988
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