Quality Management System in Garments Manufacturing

Garments Quality ManagementSystem (QMS)

A garment manufacturing quality management system (QMS) is related to quality control and assurance system that documents (quality manual) processes (Online and offline), procedures, system, planning, responsibilities, and task for achieving quality goals and policies to meet buyer requirements. A quality management system is focused on customer requirements and satisfaction through combine effort of whole organization management by setting up a work standard.

A quality management system helps a factory to coordinate and instruct an organization’s functions/activities to meet buyer requirements and improve its effectiveness and efficiency on a continuous basis quality control and improvement. Good quality management can guide a factory to the right path of quality goal, to keep standard of export garments quality; a good quality management system should be implemented.

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Key Factorsof Garments Quality Management

Proper reporting
Strict Materials inspection
Approved trim card
Keeping pattern log, library and evaluation report
Calibrate machine, process, and manpower
Follow SOP and Keeping version names
Visualize quality tools, sample, and metrics
Process audit or AQL inspection
Keeping packing approval
Zero defects station
Review quality result and taking corrective action
Training and evaluate QC
Internal pre-final Audit before Final Inspection

Proper Reporting

Quality department’s firstresponsibility is reporting, and then taking action. If they report is doingproperly, easy to work on it.

Strict Materials Inspection

Most of times needed raw materialslike fabrics; accessories of a garment need to buy from a supplier, so it’simportant to inspect all raw materials and ask supplier if there any defects.Because once you make a garment, it’s almost impossible to replace if theirfaulty fabrics or trims.

ApprovedTrim Card

Following approved Trim card in store,cutting, sewing and finishing ensuring correct materials and fabrics arejoining for every lot.

KeepingPattern Log, Library and Evaluation Report

Pattern is very sensitive, standard is to keep a patternlibrary, track and change log of every stage as like before and after size set.

Calibrate Machine,Process and Manpower

Yearly or half yearly calibration of machines to check machineis fit enough, performing well or not. Need to check calibration by 3^rdparty or machine supplier of CAD plotter, Fabrics inspection machine, shadingchecking light box, Fusing machine, needle detector machine, pull testing machineand others lab testing machines.

Follow SOPand Keeping Version Names

Follow a SOP for every process and section, keeping SOPchange log and version name. ISO method is to keep SOP version name.

VisualizeQuality Tools, Sample and Metrics

Visualizing all quality tools, analysis, and quality metricswill make aware about everyone’s performance and responsibilities will help totake decision easily.

ProcessAudit or AQL Inspection

Inspection garments by AQL audit system before movinggarments to next step or process to check process accuracy, passing goods fromevery section by passing in audit, if audit fail goods back for reprocessing.

KeepingPacking Approval

A system to approve a garment by authorize person (buyer QC,merchandiser or QA manager) before start packing of every lot

Zero DefectsStation

Set up zero defect station by through 100% garments qualityinspection in sewing and finishing.

ReviewQuality Result and Taking Corrective Action

Review every sections quality result by a daily or weekly basis and taking corrective action to not to happen and improve in the future. A general meeting can be called with related production and maintenance department and giving responsibilities to improve quality as a part of corrective action.

Trainingand Evaluate QC

Training is one of the major part garments quality management, Kaoru Ishikawa said: “Quality control starts and ends with training.” Continuously train up whole quality team about various quality matters and evaluate their understanding.

Internal Pre-FinalAudit before Final Inspection

Pre-final Audit or an audit before Final quality inspectionprocedure as per final inspection procedure to confirms final inspection willbe passed of every lot.

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