Quality in the garment industry is defined as the level of acceptance of goods and is essential from raw material sourcing to final product. Quality control involves a systematic process to ensure that products meet consumer specifications, addressing factors such as design, materials, and performance standards. Critical checks on materials like zippers and buttons—including their dimensions, durability, and appearance—are vital to maintaining the overall quality of garments.

2.  Quality means customer needs is to be satisfied.
 Quality is defined as the level of acceptance of a good
or service. It is a very essential requirement for any
kind of product. Every product should maintain the
standard quality level
 To attain the quality of the garment a proper practice
should be followed right from the initial stage of
sourcing raw materials to the stage of final finished
garment.

3.  Quality control is the process of maintaining given
standards in the product, from the design phase to the
consumer’s use of product for a given life with given
condition.
 Quality control is a set of steps or guidelines designed
to guarantee that a product or service meets certain
performance standards.
 The goal of quality control is to ensure that an item
meets the needs and specifications of the consumer
population.

4.  QC departmental head works as per instruction of the
concerned designated personnel of the company. The
job responsibility is to control the product quality
within the specific norms.
 Quality Standards that finally is demanded by the
market in co-operation with the production (operation
and maintenance) departments and other departments
such as purchase, inventory and sales.

5. Satisfactory quality can only be ensured through:
 Knowing the customer’s needs
 Designing to meet them
 Faultless construction
 Certified performance and safety
 Clear instruction manuals
 Suitable packing
 Prompt delivery
 Feedback on field experience

7.  Fabric, sewing threads, buttons, trims, etc are the raw
material in garments industry.
 The quality of a final garment depends on the quality
of a fabric when it is received as a roll. So before
production of garments quality check of raw material is
very important task in garment industry.

8. Zipper should be checked for the followings:
 Dimension: Tape width, tape extensions, and overall useable length
of zipper should be as specified.
 Top and bottom stoppers should be fastened securely.
 Zipper tape should be uniform in color. Zipper should not cause
wrinkling and puckering after sewn into garments.
 Puller or pull tab should be affixed firmly to the slider body.
 Slider should ride freely but must not be so free that it is loose on the
chain.
 Slider should be locked securely.
 Zipper should be perfect and washing and/or dry cleaning and will
not fade.
 Zipper should not deform under pressing and ironing.
 Zipper should be well-matched with garments design.
 Zipper should be azo-free, nickel free, non-magnetic and non toxic
painting.

9. Button should be checked for the following:
 Button holes should be large, clean, and free from
flash, so that it will not cut the thread.
 Button holes should be located properly.
 Button thickness should be uniform.
 Button shade should be within tolerance.
 Button should be able to withstand laundering, dry
cleaning, and pressing without any change or deforms.
 Button size should be as specified.
 In case of any special requirements button should have
all.

10.  Spots/burn/melt at the time of ironing
 Broken button, zipper and so on.
 Flattened nap or surface
 Change in color
 Crease not correctly formed
 Garments not thoroughly dried
 Stretching in fabric during pressing
 Pocket and collar incorrectly aligned at the time of pressing
and ironing.
 Lining showing pleats, creases, wrinkles, shines, etc.
 Shrinkage due to heat and moisture.
 Incorrectly folding
 Mismatched trimmings
 Incorrectly packing (not as per packing instruction).

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