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ML1103 Business Control with Applied Statistics 11.5 credits

Verksamhetsstyrning med tillämpad statistik

  • Educational level

    First cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

  • Subject area

    Techonology

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Spring 13 for programme students

Learning outcomes

After the course, students will be able to:

  • Explain the purpose and objectives for quality work
  • Administering a quality management system
  • Provide for principles for implementation of new ways of working
  • Describe and apply the presented tools for improvement work, stable processes and standardized way of working
  • Identify, describe, visualize and analyze a value flow
  • Explain how quality assurance and Lean
  • Production work together to achieve customer satisfaction
  • From the collected data, calculate or estimate ecpected value, variance and interpret the result
  • Describe and assess the use and importance of the most common statistical features
  • Perform linear regression
  • Explain the role of statistics in improvement work and control of activities
  • Using Excel or other computerized tools for the statistical analysis

Course main content

  • Principles for quality management and how they link to Lean Production
  • Tools for standardized way of work
  • Methods for improvement work
  • Description and use of a management system for quality
  • Statistics role in improvement work
  • Basic mathematical statistics
  • The statistics as a visualization tool
  • The role of statistics for understanding of business development
  • Value Flow Analysis
  • Visualization
  • The principles of Lean Production

Eligibility

Knowledge of project methodology corresponding to ML1102, knowledge of the production corresponding to ML1200 and basic mathematics Corresponding to ML1000.

Literature

The Lean Toolbox,

Övrigt meddelas

Examination

  • INL1 - Written Exercise, 1.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • INL2 - Written Exercise, 1.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Exaxmination, 3.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN2 - Exaxmination, 4.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • ÖVN1 - Exercises, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F

Requirements for final grade

  • Approved written exams
  • Approved exercise
  • Passed assignments

Offered by

ITM/Applied Mechanical Engineering

Examiner

Alexander Engström <engst@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 13.
Examination information valid from: Spring 13.