Structure of Quality Control

Department of Garment Export

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Quality Control Department plays an important role in producing quality garment right
first time. Structure of quality control department and activities of various quality
personnel in a garment export house are explained in this article.
In garment manufacturing quality personnel are appointed in each section
(department) to ensure quality output at end of each processes.
Section QAs are appointed under each department quality heads. An organization
chart of Quality Department of a medium size shirt manufacturing company is shown
in the following diagram.

Organization chart: Quality Department

Function of each QA has been explained briefly in the following table.

Table #1
Department QA Profile Job profile
Cutting and Spreading QA Sorting fabric width, shade and fabric
spreading section effects
 Cutting QA Check and ensure cutting is done as per
pattern
No defective panel is send for sewing
Bundling and Numbering is done correctly
Sewing Section Floor QA Monitoring the batch QA and line checkers.
Make a batch DHU report daily.
Batch QA Monitoring the line checkers
Following red card system
Make a measurement report
End line QA Check the garment 100%
Make the hourly inspection report
AQL auditor Audit each and every production lot.
Hourly audit according to the AQL
Finishing Section Button and button Check the pattern of every style
hole QA Cross check each and every operation

Inline QA Monitoring the line checkers

Cross checking of passed garments
Iron and Monitoring the Iron operation and the
presentation QA presentation checkers
Cross checking of passed garment at
presentation level
Audit QA Audit the packed goods according to AQL
standards

Activities of departmental QAs are likely as above but not limited to these only. Add
other activities if something is missing here.

Working Process of a Garment Buying

House
Noor Ahmed Raaz
B.Sc. in Apparel Manufacturing
Asst. Merchandiser
Opex Sinha Group, Narayongonj
Email: raju.uttara72@yahoo.com

Garments Buying House:

Garments Buying House is a very profitable business, any smart people
with less investment can earn millions of Dollars.Buying house basically is
a office with some testing machine and equipments, as it is not
directly execute the order. So every Buying house needs some energetic
skilled merchandiser to maintain the placement of order and execution,
some quality controller (QC) to maintain the products quality some other
officials to do official works. Garment buying house means, the buying
house procures garments from the manufacturers and exports to other
countries is called garment buying house.

Buying House
Basically Garment Buying houses try to communicate with buyers of other
countries who want to buy garment products. Then they contact with
garment factories who can make those kinds of products and fulfill buyers
demand. Like this they create a contract between these two parties.
Sometime buying houses make their own sample section, so that they do
not have to go to factories for collecting sample and they can attract
customers faster and easily. On the other hand, they create a show room
of their product to attract the buyer. Moreover, this house maintain the
merchandiser to follow up the product processing line perfectly and
also build a quality assurance team for checking the actual quality of the
product.

Many body say that basic elements of garment buying house are one
decorated room, chair, table, PC/Laptop, internet connection, telephone
and the most important is skilled merchandiser.

Flow Chart of Buying House:

Contact with the Buyer

Communicate

Meeting

Send L/C to the Garment

Develop the product

Inspection by Buying House

Complete working paper or document for shipping

Send one copy to the bankAttach one copy with the product

Shipment

Working Procedure of a Buying House:

Every organization has its own working procedure. Its varies from
organization to organization. Buying house work flow is given below,

1. First of all marketing merchandiser contact with a buyer and collect

an order by showing the garments they made before or directly ask
which type of garments buyer need.
2. Then he /she find out the suitable factory for that specified
garments. The factory must be audited by recognized organization like
Oeko-tex, WRAP etc. (Depends on Buyer).
3. Do consumption & costing and bargaining with factory for cost for
the specific product. Finalize cost and send it to buyer.
4. Then development merchandiser develops the product send 1st
pattern for any correction.
5. Usually buyer makes some modification on 1st pattern, so 2nd
pattern is submitted according to 1st pattern comments.
6. Then fit sample is made and QC (Quality Controller) check is it
follows the approved 2nd pattern.
7. Then the Red seal sample is sent for approval which is also known
as buying sample. And if the red seal sample approved then the order
is confirmed.
8. Then production merchandiser starts his work.
9. Production merchandiser basically follows up the total production
stage. After getting approval of red seal sample he has to book the
fabric and trims.
10. He has to Follow up the fabric and trim arrived in factory in time or
not. After all approval he does production planning meeting with
factory.
11. QC has to follow the production is running with approved item,
fabric and accessories or not. He helps production merchandiser by
giving all production information.
12. QCs main task is to check all samples (red seal, gold seal, web
sample etc) sent to buyer, and help factory people if there any
confusion with production.
13. Fabric, trims accessories are checked in lab in buying house. Its
called in-house test like Bulk fabric hanger, shade variation in shade
continuity, lab dip, fabric quality etc.
14. Different types of inspection also done in lab before ex-
factory/shipment.
15. After doing ex-factory showing packing list and some commercial
activities buying house receive their commission.
There are huge task is done by a buying house which starts with meeting
with buyer and ends with collecting commission from buyer.