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.
