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Quality Assurance for Radiation Oncology (치료방사선과 영역의 적정관리)

  • Kim, Gwi-Eon
    • Quality Improvement in Health Care
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.110-117
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    • 1995
  • The Comprehensive quality assurance for radiation oncology provides an overall organizational structures, responsibilities, procedures, processes and resources for assuring the quality of patient management by radiation treatment. Superior performance of modern radiotherapy equipment will be essential part of quality assurance in radiation oncology, which high degree of accuracy and consistency should be maintained under the optimal quality assurance program. Besides quality control of all radiation equipment, this review also emphasizes quality assurance of clinical aspect such as adequacy of the medical decision-making which eventually leads to the treatment prescription, accuracy of treatment procedure from treatment preparation to radiation delivery, and the significance of assessment of treatment outcomes with structure and process.

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Study on the application of Quality Assurance for Research Reactor Decommissioning (연구용 원자로 해체 품질보증 적용방안에 대한 연구)

  • 정관성;서범경;김성균;이동규;박희성;이규일;백삼태
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.267-270
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    • 2003
  • The quality assurance activities are important to obtain the safety and reliability in decommissioning of research reactor. It is essential to establish and implement effective quality assurance program. Foreign state-of-the-art standards and practices of quality assurance are investigated and analyzed to select quality assurance requirements. In this paper, guidelines are offered a suggestion to establish optimal the technology standard and lay out the managerial control scheme of quality assurance for decommissioning on research reactor.

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A Case Study on Application of R&D Quality Assurance to Secure High Quality for Military Supplies (군수품의 고품질 확보를 위한 개발 품질보증 적용사례 연구)

  • Choi, Chang-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.151-162
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: This study is in order to secure high quality of military supplies, it is important to secure design quality in the development phase. I will review how to establish a quality assurance system in the development phase based on the author's seminar presentation contents and application example of Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. Methods: To guarantee design quality in the development phase, in 2002, quality assurance system that is adequate for SQA(Software Quality Assurance)'s requirements of CMM(Capability Maturity Model) was conduct. In 2009, based on the CMMI(Capability Maturity Model Integration) Level 5, there has been continuous and reenforced quality assurance activities. Results: By suggesting the construction and a case study on application of R&D quality assurance, it would be helpful for companies aiming to construct or enhance quality assurance system. Conclusion: To secure high quality for military supplies, a development QA system should be established to secure quality in the development phase. In addition, Total life cycle QA system for development, mass production and operation phase should be reestablished.

How Through-Process Optimization (TPO) Assists to Meet Product Quality

  • Klaus Jax;Yuyou Zhai;Wolfgang Oberaigner
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.131-138
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    • 2024
  • This paper introduces Primetals Technologies' Through-Process Optimization (TPO) Services and Through-Process Quality Control (TPQC) System, which integrate domain knowledge, software, and automation expertise to assist steel producers in achieving operational excellence. TPQC collects high-resolution process and product data from the entire production route, providing visualizations and facilitating quality assurance. It also enables the application of artificial intelligence techniques to optimize processes, accelerate steel grade development, and enhance product quality. The main objective of TPO is to grow and digitize operational know-how, increase profitability, and better meet customer needs. The paper describes the contribution of these systems to achieving operational excellence, with a focus on quality assurance. Transparent and traceable production data is used for manual and automatic quality evaluation, resulting in product quality status and guiding the product disposition process. Deviation management is supported by rule-based and AI-based assistants, along with monitoring, alarming, and reporting functions ensuring early recognition of deviations. Embedded root cause proposals and their corrective and compensatory actions facilitate decision support to maintain product quality. Quality indicators and predictive quality models further enhance the efficiency of the quality assurance process. Utilizing the quality assurance software package, TPQC acts as a "one-truth" platform for product quality key players.

An Accelerated Test Acceptance Control Chart for Process Quality Assurance (공정보증을 위한 가속시험 합격판정 관리도)

  • Kim Jong Gurl
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.123-134
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    • 1999
  • There are several models for process quality assurance by quality system (ISO 9000), process capability analysis, acceptance control chart and so on. When a high level process capability has been achieved, it takes a long time to monitor the process shift, so it is sometimes necessary to develop a quicker monitoring system. To achieve a quicker quality assurance model for high-reliability process, this paper presents a model for process quality assurance when the fraction nonconforming is very small. We design an acceptance control chart based on variable quality characteristic and time-censored accelerated testing. The distribution of the characteristics is assumed to be normal or lognormal with a location parameter of the distribution that is a linear function of a stress. The design parameters are sample size, control limits and sample proportions allocated to low stress. These paramaters are obtained under minimization of the relative variance of the MLE of location parameter subject to APL and RPL constraints.

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A Study on the Development of the Quality Assurance System

  • Kim, Gwang Sub;Hwang, Eui Cheol
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.67-77
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    • 1988
  • Quality Assurance is a system of activities whose purpose is to provide assurance that the over all quality control job is in fact being done effectively. In this paper, we tried to develop the fundamental quality assurance procedures that can be applicable to the new-product design stage, to the production stage and to the after-sales stage of the production system.

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Model for Process Quality Assurance When the Fraction Nonconforming is Very Small (극소불량 공정보증을 위한 모형연구)

  • Jong-Gurl Kim
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.247-257
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    • 1999
  • There are several models for process quality assurance by quality system(ISO 9000), process capability analysis, acceptance control chart and so on. When a high level process capability has been achieved, it takes a long time to monitor the process shift, so it is sometimes necessary to develop a quicker monitoring system. To achieve a quicker quality assurance model for high-reliability process, this paper presents a model for process quality assurance when the fraction nonconforming is very small. We design an acceptance control chart based on variable quality characteristic and time-censored accelerated testing. The distribution of the characteristics is assumed to be normal of lognormal with a location parameter of the distribution that is a linear function of a stress. The design parameters are sample size, control limits and sample proportions allocated to low stress. These parameters are obtained under minimization of the relative variance of the MLE of location parameter subject to APL and RPL constraints.

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Ensuring the Quality of Higher Education in Ukraine

  • Olha, Oseredchuk;Mykola, Mykhailichenko;Nataliia, Rokosovyk;Olha, Komar;Valentyna, Bielikova;Oleh, Plakhotnik;Oleksandr, Kuchai
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.12
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    • pp.146-152
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    • 2022
  • The National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education plays a crucial role in education in Ukraine, as an independent entity creates and ensures quality standards of higher education, which allow to properly implement the educational policy of the state, develop the economy and society as a whole. The purpose of the article: to reveal the crucial role of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education to create quality management of higher education institutions, to show its mechanism as an independent entity that creates and ensures quality standards of higher education. and society as a whole. The mission of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education is to become a catalyst for positive changes in higher education and the formation of a culture of its quality. The strategic goals of the National Agency are implemented in three main areas: the quality of educational services, recognition of the quality of scientific results, ensuring the systemic impact of the National Agency. The National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education exercises various powers, which can be divided into: regulatory, analytical, accreditation, control, communication. The effectiveness of the work of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for 2020 has been proved. The results of a survey conducted by 183 higher education institutions of Ukraine conducted by the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education are shown. Emphasis was placed on the development of "Recommendations of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education regarding the introduction of an internal quality assurance system." The international activity and international recognition of the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education are shown.

Enhancement of Quality Assurance System for Improving the Quality of Suppliers' Product (공급자 부품품질 향상을 위한 품질보증시스템 개선방안)

  • Han, Sung-Jae;Ham, Dong-Han
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.351-362
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    • 2014
  • A prerequisite for improving the quality of a product is to enhance the quality of its parts supplied from outsourced enterprises. An enterprise certified by ISO 9001 Quality Management System is expected to develop their effective quality assurance system and maintain it through continuous control and improvement, thereby ensuring the good quality of products that they produce. However, it is reported that small and medium-sized enterprises certified by ISO 9001 have difficulty establishing an effective quality assurance system. This study aims to propose a new method of improving a quality assurance system that can be more effective in small and medium-sized enterprises. This study collectively considered requirements specified in several international standards on quality system and the results of expert group brainstorming to identify evaluation areas and items for assessing a quality assurance system. Based on these evaluation areas and items, a set of checklists for diagnosing and improving a quality assurance system was developed. In order to demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed method, this study applied it to ten small and medium-sized enterprises and could identify four approaches for improving their current quality assurance system. The presented improvement method, which consists of establishment of quality goals and quality innovation plan, defective products corrective activities, 4M and design change process, improvement of customer quality information management, is expected to be utilized as a useful tool for the enhancement of the quality assurance system of small and medium-sized enterprises.

A Case Study of Quality Assurance in Overseas pen University: UKOU, UT (해외 원격개방대학의 질 관리 사례 연구)

  • Kim, Myung-Jin;Jung, Young-Sook
    • Korean Journal of Comparative Education
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.99-123
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    • 2012
  • Quality assurance is a central issue concerning higher education and distance education. The purposes of this study are to analyze cases of quality assurance system in overseas open university and to draw implications which help establish quality assurance system in domestic distance education institution. UKOU and UT are mega-university with more than 100.000 enrolled students. They have centralized quality assurance system and quality assurance department that is responsible for building and installing quality assurance for effective quality control. In addition, They have quality improvement culture that seeks continuous improvement. Members of the University share awareness of the importance of quality assurance and evaluate and monitor their work. Because results for quality assurance of education is not tangible, quality assurance system is carefully planned over a long period of time as is necessary to proceed in integration.