Product Testing and Evaluation

Syllabus

1. Characteristics of products’ utility properties and their impact on a product competitiveness. 2. Characteristics of products’ utility properties online. 3. Product quality from a consumer's point of view. Factors that affect qualitative characteristics of products in their circulation process - from the manufacturer to the consumer. 4. The nature and classification of food and non-food products. The testing legislation. Different methods of testing and evaluating the products, their importance and use in a business practice. The system of assurance and attestation of conformity. 5. Subjective methods of a product quality assessment. Sensory analysis methods and the objectification of these methods. 6. Sensory sensitivity test. The testing team. Conditions for performing the sensory testing. 7. Consumer product evaluation (preference evaluation methods, product acceptance assessment methods). 8. Objective methods of product quality assessment - different types, using a suitable objective methods for testing the quality of products (considering their specific nature). The principles of sampling and the process of validating various testing methods. 9. The voluntary systems of a product quality assessment. 10. Product testing, comparing qualitative parameters of selected food and non-food products from different manufacturers, analysing relations between a product’s quality and its price, as well as the testing results and their graphical interpretation. Statistical methods used in processing the results of a product quality assessment. 11. Product quality and product packaging. Different product packaging systems and their impact on the product’s quality. 12. Assessment of selected packaging functions. 13. Presentations of selected types of products and of methods to evaluate their quality by experts from the business practice.