Ocak, Z.

Conference Object | 2012 | Annual International Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2012, ASEM 2012 - Agile Management: Embracing Change and Uncertainty in Engineering Management , pp.666 - 669

High quality suppliers are necessary for the success of any organization. To guarantee good quality products from suppliers, it is necessary to optimize the process parameters immediately when deviations of the part quality, that is required by the customer, have been observed. Optimization of process parameters are only possible when an experienced process operator adjusts the parameters of the process manually. Although statistical process control (SPC) enable the quality of conformance to be monitored and special causes of process variability to be identified, it is not well applied in some enterprises due to fact that operators . . .cannot determine the 'out-of-control' position of the process, and the root causes of the quality problems with the limited knowledge they have. Therefore, the presented approach develops a system which combines dynamic control chart with the expert knowledge library. The system is carried out in two steps: the first step, a quality controller checks the product quality according to the reference values, when the process is going to be out of control, the system will give a warning to remind operators to take action exactly and keep the process in normal; in the second step, the system will give the related information and valuable suggestions to operator and help them to take correct action to keep the process in control. Copyright, American Society for Engineering Management, 2012 Daha fazlası Daha az

Aksu, D.T.

Conference Object | 2012 | Annual International Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2012, ASEM 2012 - Agile Management: Embracing Change and Uncertainty in Engineering Management , pp.224 - 229

Quality of course timetables published by a university greatly impacts the performance of students and faculty alike and is an important contributor to the quality of education. Building a high-quality timetable is a major challenge: Course timetabling is a complex process with a variety of constraints to be considered and many stakeholders including students, faculty, and departments that have conflicting interests. At Yeditepe University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, the timetabling is a manual process that takes one to two days. We propose an automated system that can replace this process and build high-quality timetab . . .les quickly. The system uses a hierarchical approach to limit the problem size to an acceptable level. It also provides a familiar user interface to enter the required data and view the created timetables. Results indicate that the system is capable of building superior timetables compared to the existing manual process within a much shorter time. Copyright, American Society for Engineering Management, 2012 Daha fazlası Daha az

Kaptanoglu, D.

Conference Object | 2012 | Annual International Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2012, ASEM 2012 - Agile Management: Embracing Change and Uncertainty in Engineering Management , pp.234 - 239

SWOT is a well known and commonly used tool for strategic planning and decision support. SWOT analysis can also be used by universities and for a specific department for quality improvement purposes. In SWOT, the internal and external factors most important for the organization's future are grouped as: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. SWOT alone includes no means of assessing the fit between SWOT factors and various decision alternatives, in other words possible strategies to apply. In this study, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is integrated with SWOT analysis and used to improve quality of education at Yedit . . .epe University Systems Engineering Department. In this approach, the objective is to take advantage of the strengths and opportunities, while trying to reinforce the weaknesses and develop the best defense to the threats. Data for the model is obtained by surveys filled by professors, research assistants, and students. The most important strategies for quality improvement are determined by solving the AHP model based on the SWOT. Copyright, American Society for Engineering Management, 2012 Daha fazlası Daha az