DEMO — fictional range. Local brief only, NOT SENT. No personal data is collected or transmitted.
INSPECTION
A garment is inspected against a measurement chart, not against a sample.
Clothing is bought in bulk against a size chart. Inspecting against a golden sample produces an argument about which garment is the reference.
Illustrative inspection checklist
- Measurement
- Each point on the chart, against the grade and its tolerance
- Symmetry
- Left and right match, because a garment is worn as a pair
- Seams
- Sound, flat and free of skipped stitches
- Shade
- Within the approved band, and consistent across the order
- Labelling
- Fibre content and care symbols correct and legible
- Label attachment
- Secure, and positioned as the drawing says
- Fold
- To the template, because the stack has to be even
- Packing
- Polybag, size marker and carton as specified
An illustrative checklist for a fictional range. A real programme defines the tolerance, the sampling method, the inspection window and the remedy if a batch fails.
The four things a programme needs in writing.
The tolerance, the sampling method, the window in which inspection happens, and what happens if the batch fails. Without all four, a failed delivery becomes an argument rather than a process.
Why the measurement chart rather than a sample.
Because a sample is one garment and a chart is the range. Inspecting against a sample means the tolerance is whatever that one garment happened to measure.