Feedback for Total Quality Management - II

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is : https://goo.gl/forms/xfzvi0sDGcCiEBLu1


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II: Regarding Final Exam

Dear All,

Please read this notification very carefully regarding the final examination.

01. The final exam will be of 100 marks. All Questions will be of MCQ type.

02. It will be a 3 hour exam having MCQ type questions. You'll get plenty of time to solve each question. There will be numerical as well as conceptual questions similar to the pattern of questions asked in the assignments. There will be NO short answer/ subjective type questions.

03. Study only whatever is taught in the video lectures. Nothing will be asked outside whatever is taught in the course. You can refer the books as mentioned in the course content for your preparation.

04. Please revise all assignment questions as they WILL be asked, with or without, changed data.

05. There will be at-least 1 or 2 questions asked from each topic(s) taught in the course. So, it will not be a good idea to skip topics and do a selective study. You may loose your grades.

06. Question set for the morning and the afternoon sessions will be completely different. This is to ensure fairness among all candidates appearing in both sessions. Candidates appearing in the afternoon session will not get any added advantage in case they get to know about questions from candidates who have appeared in the morning session.

07. Final exam will be 75% of your total grades and average of best 6 out of 8 assignments will be the rest 25% of the total. 

08. Don't try to involve in any unfair means to get good grades in the exam. Study well and we'll take care of the rest. We promise that we have tried our best to ensure every registered candidates gets the best of the grades. Be honest to yourself and to us.

09. In case you have other queries, do let us know in advance, at-least a day before the final exam. Don't keep it for the 11th hour.

10. Please read previous Notification posted on 12th April, 2018 regarding Hall ticket and Examination code of conduct.

In case of any queries, do let us know. Please provide your genuine valuable feedback regarding our efforts in making this course as per your expectations.

We wish you ALL THE BEST for your examination and we hope you'll find this course useful for your future endeavor. 

Regards,
NPTEL Team 

Total Quality Management - II: Hall ticket for April 28/29 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the April28/29 NPTEL Online certification exams, your Admit Card/Hall ticket is now available at http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link. Click on April exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the April28/29 exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:
https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/54105/login.html  

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket: if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links, kindly write to us at nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in
 
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on April 28/29, 2018. 

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam centre address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
Download hall tickets for all the exams you have registered for - in case you don't get the hall tickets for any particular course, please write to  nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in .

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city is NOT POSSIBLE.
2. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to write the exam if you are showing up at the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof. Proof on the mobile phones or soft copy of hall ticket is NOT PERMITTED.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Total Quality Management - II: Extension of deadline for Assignment - 08

Dear All,

Please note that the deadline for submission of Assignment - 08 has been extended till 10th April, 2018, 23:59 Hrs IST.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II: Week - 08. Lecture 39 & 40 Released

Dear All,

Please note that the remaining lectures of Week-08 (Lecture 39 and 40) is available on the portal.

Please make sure that you submit the assignment - 08 before the deadline i.e. 07/04/2018, 23:59 Hrs IST. If you feel, you need more time to finish the assignments, do let us know. We will consider your request and try to extend the deadline.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management -II: Extension of Assignment - 07 submission dates and correction in Q07

Dear All,

There are some technical difficulties on our portal  while viewing any table data. Assignment - 07, Q.07-09 table data showed same values of Q.10-15. Please note that the technical issues has now been sorted. Q.07-09 table has been updated. The actual table for Q.07-09 is now visible on the portal. Please make a note.

FYI, the table for Assignment - 07, Q-07-09

If the table is not visible, please refresh your browser or use a different browser.

Due to this issue, we are extending Assignment - 07 submission date to 31st March, 2018 till 23:59 Hrs IST. 

Please re-submit your assignments again. Anyone who has submitted the assignments earlier, please re-submit it again so as to make sure your assignment solution is correctly uploaded on our server.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 08 Videos and Assignment-8 Available

Dear All,

The week - 08 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.

Assignment - 08 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignment - 08 will be 7th April, 2018.

Note: We will release 2-3 lectures by tomorrow evening, so we are giving 3 more days for this week's assignment.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II - Week 7 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Total Quality Management - II: Solutions for Week - 06 Assignment released

Dear All,

Please note that solution for Week - 06 Assignment has been released. Please provide your feedback regarding the difficulty level of the assignments.

There is a correction in week - 06 assignment, Q.No. 1

Original Question:
The Kruskal-Wallis is based upon the _____________ test.
A. Pearson's r 
B. Wilcoxon
C. Mann Whitney
D. Friedman
Incorrect Answer: B. Wilcoxon
Correct Answer: C. Mann Whitney

Q.No.1 is under re-evaluation. Announcement will be made once it is done. We thank our Subscriber bhalerao06@gmail.com for pointing out the error in the portal.

Week - 07 assignment is due on Wednesday, 28/03/2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST.

Regards,
NPTEL Team 

Total Quality Management - II: Lecture 35 is uploaded

Dear All,

Please note that Week - 07: Lecture 35 is made available on the portal.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II - Week 6 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 07 Videos and Assignment-7 Available

Dear All,

The week - 07 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.

Assignment - 07 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignment - 07 will be 28th March, 2018.

Note: Lecture-35 will be released by the end of the day.


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Last date for Exam registration extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday) - Hurry up and register today!!

Dear Candidate

Due to technical issue there was some problem with the exam form since yesterday. Now the issue has been fixed.

Last date for exam registration has been extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday)

Last date for making the payment individually - March 16, 2018 - 1:00 PM (Friday)

If you have not yet registered for the exam, login to the form and apply for the exam today! If you have filled the form but not done the payment, Please complete the payment before March 16 1:00 pm.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

NOTE:  NO EXTENSIONS BEYOND THESE DATES WILL BE GIVEN.

-NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II (Assignment-6 - Question 9)

Dear Participants,

We are extremely sorry for the following error (Invalid HTML tag: tag name o:p is not allowed) in Question 9.

Kindly refer the following for answering that particular question:


Thanks.
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II - Reminder For Assignment 5

Dear Participants, 

The due date for assignment 4 is already closed.

Submission for Assignment 4: 101

The due date for the assignment 5 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-03-14, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.

Thanks
TA

Total Quality Management - II :Exam and Certificate Format

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee, appear in person and score >= 40% to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 - 16th April 2018. We will notify the same through email.

 FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.
The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate

2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"

3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top

4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format: https://goo.gl/14B2zm

-NPTEL Admin

Total Quality Management-II - Week 5 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 06 Videos and Assignment Available

Dear All,

The week - 06 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.

Assignment - 06 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignment - 06 will be 21st March, 2018.

Last date for submission of Assignment - 05 is 14th March, 2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST. Please save your submission every-time you make any change in your assignment. Do not keep it for the eleventh hour before the deadline. Solution for assignment - 05 will be released on 22nd March, 2018.

Please give your feedback regarding all assignments. This would help us to understand your level of understanding and progress.


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II: Solutions for Week - 04 Assignment released

Dear All,

Please note that solution for Week - 04 Assignment has been released. Please provide your feedback regarding the difficulty level of the assignments. Week - 05 assignment is due on Wednesday, 14/03/2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST.

Regards,
NPTEL Team 

Total Quality Management - II: Solutions for Week - 05 Assignment released

Dear All,

Please note that solution for Week - 05 Assignment has been released. Please provide your feedback regarding the difficulty level of the assignments. Week - 06 assignment is due on Wednesday, 22/03/2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST.

Regards,
NPTEL Team 

Total Quality Management - II - Reminder For Assignment 4

Dear Participants, 

The due date for assignment 3 is already closed.

Submission for Assignment 3: 129

The due date for the assignment 4 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-03-07, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.

Thanks
TA

Last date for Exam registration extended - Hurry up and register today!!

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration has been extended till March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday)

Last date for making the payment individually - March 15, 2018 - 5 PM (Thursday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 4 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 05 Videos and Assignment Available


Dear All,

The week - 05 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.

Assignment - 05 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignment - 05 will be 14th March, 2018.

Last date for submission of Assignment - 04 is 07th March, 2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST. Please save your submission every-time you make any change in your assignment. Do not keep it for the eleventh hour before the deadline. Solution for assignment - 04 will be released on 8th March, 2018.

Please give your feedback regarding all assignments. This would help us to understand your level of understanding and progress.


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II: Solutions for Week - 03 Assignment released

Dear All,

Please note that solution for Week - 03 Assignment has been released. Please provide your feedback regarding the difficulty level of the assignments. 

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous Holi.

Regards,
NPTEL Team 

Total Quality Management-II - Week 3 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Total Quality Management-II - Reminder For Assignment 3

Dear Participants, 

The due date for assignment 1 and 2  are already closed.

Submission for Assignment 1: 164

Submission for Assignment 2: 142

The due date for the assignment 3 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-02-28, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.

Thanks
TA

Total Quality Management-II - Week 04 Videos and Assignment Available

Dear Participants,

The week - 04 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.

Assignment - 04 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignment - 04 will be 7th March, 2018.

Last date for submission of Assignment - 03 is 28th February, 2018 at 23:59 Hrs IST. Please save your submission every-time you make any change in your assignment. Do not keep it for the eleventh hour before the deadline. Solution for assignment - 03 will be released on 1st March, 2018.

Please give your feedback regarding assignment - 01 and 02. This would help us to understand your level of understanding and progress.


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

NPTEL: Total Quality Management-II: Solutions for Week-01 and Week-02 Assignment released

Dear All,

Please note that solutions for Week-01 and Week-02 Assignment have been released.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 2 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 03 Videos and Assignment Available

Dear Participants,

The week - 03 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.

Assignment - 03 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignment - 03 will be 28th February, 2018.

Last date for submission of Assignment - 01 and 02 is 21st February, 2018. Please save your submission every-time you make any change in your assignment. Do not keep it for the eleventh hour before the deadline. Solution for assignment - 01 and 02 will be released on 22nd February, 2018.


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II - Week 1 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for enrolling to this NPTEL course and we hope you have gone through the contents for this week and also attempted the assignment.
We value your feedback and wish to know how you found the videos and the questions asked - whether they were easy, difficult, as per your expectations, etc
We shall use this to make the course better and we can also know from the feedback which concepts need more explanation, etc.

Please do spare some time to give your feedback - comprises just 5 questions - should not take more than a minute, but makes a lot of difference for us as we know what the learners feel.


Here is the link to the form: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/nocprofile/super_admin/weekly_feedback/form_login.php

Thank you.
- NPTEL team

Regarding Slides and Reading Material

Dear All,

Please find the Slides and all Reading Materials that will be utilized during this course. It can be found below the Week - 2 video and assignment tab, on the left hand side your portal. If any other reading material is required for this course, it will also be uploaded under this tab.

Thanks and Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management-II - Week 2 Videos and Assignment Available

Dear Participants,

The week - 02 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.

Assignment - 02 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignment - 02 will be 21st February, 2018.

Last date for submission of Assignment - 01 is 21st February, 2018. Please save your submission every-time you make any change in your assignment. Do not keep it for the eleventh hour before the deadline. Solution for assignment - 01 will be released on 22nd February, 2018.


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Correction in Lecture - 02, Example - 3, Time - 20:41

Dear All,
There is a correction made in Lecture - 02, Example - 3, Time - 20:41. 

Total number of cases = 10C3 = 120
Number of cases favoring the formation if the committee : (1 Asian and 2 Americans) +  (2 Asians and 1 American) = (5C1*5C2)+(5C2*5C1) = (5*10) + (10*5) = 100

P(E) = 100 / 120

We thank our subscribers sayanm03@gmail.com and kmanhal96@gmail.com for the correction.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management - II- Download Link

Dear Students,

The lectures are available to download @nptel.ac.in. Please use the link http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104085/ to access and download the course lectures. But assignments need to be submitted by each one by logging on to the portal only.

Thanks
TAs 

Total Quality Management-II - Week 1 Videos Available

Dear Participants,


The week-1 video lectures for the course "Total Quality Management-II" have been released in the portal.


Assignment-01 is also available on the portal and the deadline for submission of assignments will be 21st February, 2018.


Happy Learning!


Thanks & Regards,


NPTEL Team

Total Quality Management II - Assignment 0

Dear Participants,

We have released the Assignment-0 for the course "Total Quality Management II".

The Assignment 0 is for testing the pre-requisites for the course and allows the enrolled candidates to do a self assessment of their readiness for the course. Also, Assignment-0 marks will not be be counted towards the final score. 

Happy Learning!
Thanks & Regards,
Anirban Banerjee - Course TA

Reminder 1:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the April 2018 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 09th January 2018 (Tuesday) until March 07, 2018 10:00 AM (Wednesday). 
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: April 28 and April 29, 2018 
Session: [Afternoon] For this course there is no ”Forenoon” Session.
You can register for a maximum of 4 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form. 

Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/pdf/examcities_final.pdf
Registration fees: Rs 1100/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Students belonging to the PwD category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 - 16th April 2018. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score >= 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. No changes will be entertained after that.  

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

Please read the instructions carefully before submitting the form.
In case of any queries please write to us at noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Welcome to NPTEL Course: Total Quality Management - II

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course " Total Quality Management - II ". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on February 05,2018. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.     
•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course: Total Quality Management - II
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_mg04/
Course duration : 8 Weeks
Date and Time of Exams: April 28 (Saturday) and April 29 (Sunday) :  Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
Exam for this course will be available in one session on both 28 and 29 April.  
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.