Integration Value Engineering and Quality of Maintenance and its Impact on Product Quality Improvement: Field Research at Electrical and Electronic Industry Companies in Baghdad

Abstract

This research aims to study the impact of integrating value engineering (VE) and quality maintenance (QM) on improving product quality in manufacturing industries. Value engineering focuses on improving product functionality while reducing costs, while quality maintenance ensures that equipment and procedures are optimized for the purpose of preventing failures and defects. Combining these two variables is expected to improve operational efficiency, reduce equipment downtime, and enhance overall reliability and product quality, of electrical and electronic industry companies' products. in Baghdad. A questionnaire was used to determine the opinions of a sample of technicians of size (280) technician in research field companies. The research reached a number of conclusions, the most important of which were: The integration effect of both value engineering technology and quality of maintenance on product quality, has been determined. They enhance the quality of the companies' products in the research field.