Course detail
Quality Management and Environmental Protection
ÚSI-RSMJEAcad. year: 2024/2025
The subject will acquaint students with the basic requirements of the quality management system (ČSN EN ISO 9001) and environmental management system (ČSN EN ISO 14001). Students will understand the principles of the process approach as applied to all activities in the quality management system, and will also able to apply this approach to the risk management system. They will also gain knowledge about the options for evaluating the impact of a product, production process or service on the environment. They will understand the principle of the constant improvement of processes and the impact of this on customer satisfaction and the protection of the environment in accordance with EU policy and a company´s own targets.
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Number of ECTS credits
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Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Seminars are compulsory, lectures are recommended.
Aims
Course graduates will understand the principles of applying a process approach to all activities involved in the quality management system, and will also be able to apply this approach to the risk management system.
The graduate will learn to perceive:
- risks from the aspect of product quality assurance (product or service),
- the importance of the principle of the constant improvement of risk-reducing processes, and
- the need for companies to control the impact of their activities, products and services on the environment.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
ČSN EN ISO 9001:20016
VAVŘÍK, I., BLECHA, P.: Jakost I - řízení jakosti, interní učební texty ÚVSSR
VAVŘÍK, I., BLECHA, P.: Jakost II - metody a nástroje zabezpečování jakosti, interní učební texty ÚVSSR
Recommended reading
MASING, W.: Handbuch der Qualitätssicherung, München: C. Hanser, 1988, ISBN 3446151729
REDEKER, G.: Grundlagen der Qualitätssicherung, Institut für Qualitätssicherung, učební texty Uni. Hannover
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Classification of course in study plans
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Lecture
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Syllabus
1. Introduction to issues concerned with quality and environmental management
2. Process approach
3. Systems approach
4. Preventive quality assurance tools - basic and new
5. Methods of preventive quality assurance - QFD, FTA, FMEA
6. The ISO 9000 series of standards
7. The ISO 14000 series of standards
8. Environmental policies of the EU
9. Risk analysis
10. Introducing new products to the market and bringing them into service
11. Evaluation of the impact of a product or service on the environment (LCA, EPD, EIA)
12. Certification and conformity assessment
13. Case studies
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Case studies with application of QFD, FTA and FMEA methods.
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