The garment industry is a highly customer-oriented industry where the demand for high-quality products is ever-increasing. Garment manufacturers are always looking at ways to reduce production costs without overlooking the quality aspect. Quality issues in garments are not just detrimental financially or to the brand’s reputation; they can also be bad for the environment.
Quality conscious buyers have a strong quality inspection system in place to avoid purchasing of defective goods. Buyers and retailers intentionally avoid buying products that do not meet quality standards. There is no way garment manufacturers can ignore producing quality products.
What is quality control in the Garment Industry?
Consumers are never going to settle for low-quality garments or those that are defective visually because, this is the age of fast fashion. Quality must be controlled during processing whether it is done by the operators, supervisors, pressman, garment packers or one employs a checker or inspector. Big clothing brands are also researching fabrics and materials that are sustainable to produce and of high quality along with following trends.
Quality Control Ingredients:
- Quality of product.
- Quality of process.
A. Quality of product: Quality of product depends on fabric properties,catagories,end uses,etc.
B. Quality of process: The component of Quality of Process is Man, Machine, Materials,Method, Money.
If you have a quality control team, the role of the quality is likely –
- Check the fabric & trims and confirm for use in cutting, sewing processes.
- To confirm the cutting quality, patterns, cut parts.
- Check the garment properly to pass the stitched pieces for finishing.
- Checks the garments after washing and finishing stage up to packing of goods.
- To do the final inspection & follow all the above checks are necessary points.
- Garment quality may vary for the other part of the supply chain.
Low quality products are not acceptable to the customer in textile industry. A certain amount of goods cannot be exported within the stipulated time. When the defect is high, the production decreases and time and money are wasted to correct the defects of low quality products. In addition, due to low production, it is not possible to ship on time.
Benefits and Importance of Quality Control in Textile and Garment Industry:
- Reducing the Rate of Defects and Increase the Production.
- Achieve Buyer or Customer Satisfaction.
- Maintain the Reputation of the Company & Market Positioning.
- Its help to continious improvement & company growth.
- Maintaining Good Relations Among All in the Textile Industry.
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