Quality in design and execution of engineering practice /

Quality in Design and Execution of Engineering Practice is about quality management focused at fitness for purpose, rather than compliance with specifications, rules and regulations. The focus on getting execution in line with fitness for purpose is supported by a classification of seven different c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gunsteren, L. A. van (Lex A.) (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: IOS Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2013.
Colección:Research in design series ; 7.
Temas:
Quality control.
Quality assurance.
Engineering > Management.
Quality Control
Qualité > Contrôle.
Assurance qualité.
Ingénierie > Gestion.
quality control.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
Engineering > Management
Quality assurance
Quality control
Qualitätssicherung
Qualitätsmanagement
quality management
fitness for purpose
engineering design
construction industry
architecture
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Classification of seven categories of quality
  • 3. A typology of rules and regulations
  • An opinion poll on quality rules and regulations
  • A typology of rules and regulations
  • Usefulness of rules and regulations
  • 4. Quality and the business unit's identity
  • License Giver
  • License Taker
  • Jobber
  • Consultant
  • 5. Engineering design quality
  • What is a good engineering design?
  • The dynamic nature of engineering design
  • Wing nozzle
  • Contra-rotating propeller design
  • The multi-purpose pitfall
  • Mathematical modelling in engineering design
  • 6. Measuring fitness for purpose: preference measurement
  • Tetra software for multi-criteria decision-making
  • Example: Buying a house
  • An application of preference measurement in the construction industry
  • 7. Use of the quality classification in the construction industry
  • Prerequisite for the implementation of any new concept: the product champion
  • The use of the quality circles
  • Trade-offs between quality, costs, and schedule
  • 8. Quality in architecture
  • The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
  • The new office for the broadcasting organization VPRO
  • The Øresund Link
  • 9. The essence
  • Appendices I Strategic classification of business units
  • Exploitation of R & D output: Four typical cases
  • Classification of strategy
  • The multi-business corporation
  • Discussion of four typical cases.

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