Using error prevention and visual control to reduce quality costs
An applied study at the General Company for Rubber Industries /
Al-Diwaniyah Tires Factory
Ali Abbas Kareem AL-Khafaji
Sajida Hassan Daoud Al-Baaj
Al-Qadisiyah University – College of Administration and Economics
Corresponding Author: Sajida Hassan Daoud Al-Baaj
Abstract : Due to developments in the contemporary business environment, and the different needs of customers,
which required the use of modern technologies that reduce production costs while maintaining the quality required by
the customer. Through the use of error prevention and visual control tool. This is to reduce quality costs by using
modern technology, as quality costs represent an essential proportion of production costs, which works to reduce
waste and waste of resources for the purpose of achieving the largest possible profitability. The research data was
collected from the General Company for Rubber Industries / Al-Diwaniyah Tires Factory, for the producers (1200-
20) and (1200-24) for the year 2016. The research found that the use of traditional systems, large employee salaries,
high costs of damage and the inability to compete with the product All this led to a rise in production costs. The
research recommended the great importance of quality and opening records concerned with classifying quality costs
into their types and analyzing them, as well as applying the error prevention and visual control tool to reduce
production costs
