Introduction
The basic essence of quality control in the garment industry is for customer needs to be met. Therefore, failure is only possible if a sufficient quality standard is maintained. But it takes effort to maintain a good standard of quality. Starting with the first investigation to determine the true needs of a potential consumer for a new product, design, specification, controlled manufacture, and sales processes. EC Global Inspection is a third-party quality control company and will help you on checking the quality in garment industry.
Quality Control in the Garment Manufacturing Process
Quality control is used throughout the garment-making process, starting with the raw material sourcing stage and ending with the finished garment stage. Product quality in the garment and textile industries is determined by the quality and standard of the fibers, fabric construction, yarns, colorfastness, surface designs, and finished garment products. The following list includes the many processes of garment production where inspection and quality control are carried out:
Quality Control in Sample Making Section
- Maintaining buyers’ specification standard
- Inspecting the samples and their various issues
- Measurements checking
- Checking of fabric’s color, gsm, colorfastness, and other properties
- Checking SPI and other parameters
Quality Control in Marker Making Section
- To inspect a drill mark or notch
- The fabric’s width must be more than the marker’s width.
- The fabric’s length must be more than the marker’s length
- Green line matching
- Inspect dimensions and pattern size
- Matching checks and stripes taking into consideration
- Consideration of cutting table length and pattern direction
Quality Control in the Fabric-Spreading Section
- Spreading the fabric correctly following the length and width of the marker
- Maintain spreading requirements
- Check and stripe matching
- An accurate number of fabric plies in the lay
- Correct Ply direction
- To control the splicing of fabric
- Tension control
Quality Control in the Fabric-Cutting Section
- The pattern and the cut piece’s dimensions should match up accurately
- The Cut edge should be clean and smooth
- Be sure to cut the notch carefully
- Drilling of hole should be done in the proper place
- The cut edge of the yarn shouldn’t fray at all
- Avoid blade bending
- Maintain cutting angle
Quality Control in the Fabric-Sewing Section
- Input material checking
- Cut panel and accessories checking
- The machine is in good condition
- Thread count check
- Special work like embroidery, printing panel check
- Needle size checking
- Stitching fault should be checked
- Garments measurement check
- Seam fault check
- Size mistake check
- Mismatching matching of trimming
- Shade variation within the cloth
- Wrong placement of interlining
- Creased or wrinkle appearance control
Quality Control in Pressing & Finishing Section
- Proper inspection of the garments, including measurement, spots, dirt, impurities
- Water spot
- Shading variation check
- Smooth and unfold in pocket
- In secured or broken chain or button
- Wrong fold
- Proper shape in garments
- Properly dried in after pressing
- Wanted to wrinkle or fold in the lining
- Get up checking
- Collar closing
- Side seam
- Sleeve placket attach
- Cuff attach
- Bottom hem
- Back yoke
- Every part of a body
Sewing Thread Quality Control
A strong, slender rope or strand, particularly one made for sewing or other needlework. The majority of threads are made by twisting and plying yarns. Many thread types are used today, including mono filament threads, polyester or nylon filaments, core-spun cotton with a polyester filament core, and spun cotton and polyester.
Listed below are the Sewing Thread features to be considered:
- Thread Construction/Ticket number
- Thread count
- Thread Ply
- Number of twists
- Thread balance
- Thread Tenacity
- Thread Elongation
- Sew ability
- Imperfection
- Thread finish
- Thread color
- Package Density
- Winding
- Yardage
Zipper Quality Control
It’s a usual practice to use a zipper, zip fastener, or zip to attach two fabric edges temporarily. Clothing (such as jeans and jackets), sporting goods, camping equipment (such as sleeping bags and tents), luggage, and other bags are just a few examples of the items that use it.
Mentioned below are factors to be considered in Zipper:
- Proper dimension of a zipper
- The top and bottom ends should correctly sew
- The tape and color of the zipper should be uniform
- The slider has to be locked properly
- The slider should move properly
Online Quality Control System
The production process is continued during this quality control and inspection. A setup is automatically performed while the production process runs to identify the defect and take corrective action. Online quality control includes both process and raw material quality control.
- Control of Raw Material
Since the final product quality depends on the quality of the raw materials, we must be given the highest quality raw materials while keeping costs in mind. The garment must be flawless, properly absorbent, and white to meet the requirements of the next phase. The condition of the raw fabric is described in the Grey inspection report.
The precise parameters required for the procedure must be supplied to the method of choice. Here, each stage’s specific gravity, water level, and residual hydrogen peroxide is examined.
LABORATORY: the lab is the powerhouse of the garment industry. A higher precision lab can readily help to attain the organization’s purpose. Before starting mass production, a sample is provided to the customer for industry approval. The shade is created in a lab based on the buyer’s specifications while considering cost-effectiveness.
LAB-LINE
Standard sample: The industry’s buyer provides the standard sample. The CCM measures the sample to determine the recipe.
Lab trial: After receiving the recipe, the lab officer conducts lab trials and compares them to the standards per the buyer’s request. The AHIBA dyeing apparatus produces lab trials whose efforts are complemented by EC global inspection.
Conclusion
Customer satisfaction is the key factor in quality control. In the manufacturing of garments, there are numerous quality criteria. For every garment exporter, quality control in garment production, pre-sales service, post-sales service, shipping, pricing, etc., is vital. Additionally, a quality control and inspection system can aid suppliers in running their businesses. Garment inspection and quality control not only aid in identifying and discarding defective products, but more importantly, it identifies manufacturing processes that require special attention, hence lowering the number of faults in subsequent production. Therefore, quality control is crucial to the ready-to-wear industry.
