TY - JOUR TI - Significance of visual control types in automotive industry AU - Knop, Krzysztof AU - Mielczarek, Krzysztof TI - Significance of visual control types in automotive industry AB - The results of the assessment of visual control (VC) types in 10 enterprises from the Silesian province which operate in the automotive industry were presented in this article. These enterprises specialize in production for the automotive industry and constitute companies from Tier 1 and Tier 2 groups in the supply chain. The meaning of visual control was presented in TPS, research methodology and research results. Importance series were used as the basic tool of data analysis. A comparison of importance series was made for the purpose of stating characteristic relations in the scope of importance of the analyses types of VC. VL - 2016 IS - Mechanika Zeszyt 3-M (10) 2016 PY - 2016 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 67 EP - 72 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.16.122.5733 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/significance-of-visual-control-types-in-automotive-industry KW - visual control KW - BOST method KW - importance series KW - automotive industry