Final inspection includes measuring sizes, formfitting (placing finished clothing on the appropriate size dummy to check if they suit the indicated sizes), and, if necessary, live modeling (again to see if the garments properly fit the labeled sizes).
Final inspection might take place either before or after the clothing are packed in poly bags and cartons. If done after the clothing have been packed, the right size and style markings on the package can be checked.
A sample lot will be selected from the order and a percentage of the garments will be inspected, this percentage usually being stipulated by the buyer.
The acceptable quality level or limit (AQL) and total acceptable product (TAP) sampling inspection may be applied or another inspection system designed by the buyer.
TAP means the number of acceptable products in a lot. AQL means maximum acceptable capability (MAC) or rejected percentage (RP) of products in a lot.
Generally in garment industries, inspections are made 1%, 1.5%, 2.5%, 4%, 6.5%, 10%, etc. This depends on the buyer’s requirements.
Example: 1
“AQL is 1.5%” implies “I want no more than 1.5% of the total order quantity to be defective, on average, over several production runs with that supplier.”
Example: 2
Factories that uses 4% AQL system produces 20,000 dozen T-Shirts. To find out TAP of that lot.
Here,
20,000 dozens T-Shirts have acceptable limit = 4% * 20,000 dozens
= 800 dozens
Therefore,
TAP= Total lot – acceptable limit of the given lot
TAP = (20,000 – 800) dozens
TAP = 19200 dozens
These garment inspection stages explain the fundamentals of garment quality control inspection. You might discover that the necessity for further stages, such as product testing, is determined by your quality standards.
To be effective, the entire garment inspection process, as indicated below, must be completed.
