Fabric specification

Weight, grain and the shrinkage allowance applied

Pattern statement

Which block revision the run was graded from

Fit record

The grading steps and the tolerance each is held to

Shrinkage record

Measured against the wash regime the garment will see

Twist record

Laid flat, over a stated length, on a defined sample

Stand spacing record

Against the fold, because that is the reference

Finish specification

Rib, recovery, hem and topstitch, because they are touched

Interchangeability statement

What the component fits, and what it does not

An illustrative list for a fictional range. A real programme agrees which documents are required, in what form, and how long they are retained.

The one that is most often missing.

The screening statement. A run whose ends were never measured is a run whose tolerance nobody has verified, and it cannot be reconstructed after the garments are boxed.

Why the shrinkage record is a regime and not a number.

Because shrinkage depends on the wash. A record that names the regime describes a garment; a percentage without it describes nothing anyone will see.