inspection standard

1. ASK FOR PACKING LIST, COUNT CARTON QTY, CHECK PACKING WAY AND SHIPPING MARK. If the

production is 100% packed into carton, ask factory for correct packing list, count all

available cartons at site and check if it is accordance with the packing list and the order

quantity. Make sure the less/over shipment quantity is in the tolerance . If factory have

not finished packing, ask factory to issue an estimated packing list based on order quantity

and ask factory how many pcs already packed into carton, then count all available cartons

at site to see if it is accordance with what factory said. Then estimate the quantity at

finishing line, plus the packed quantity, if it meet the order quantity. This is to avoid

factory put bad pcs in some cartons and put aside separately. In the meanwhile, check the

packing way, especially if they put the last cartons of each size at correct position, as

some customers want the last cartons to be followed by each size, and some customers want

all last cartons should be put at the final. At the same time counting the the cartons, check

if all shipping marks are correct and well put on correct position.

Normally the final inspection can only be done when more than 80% production packed into

carton.

2. ASCERTAIN THE SAMPLE SIZE, CARTON QTY TO BE SELECTED AND SELECT CARTON. Based on

the order quantity, according to LEVEL II standard, ascertain the inspection quantity(sample

size), i.e 501~1200 sample size is 80, 1201~3200 sample size is 125, 3201~10000 sample size

is 200, equal or less than 500 check 50 and over 10000 check 315 (see table A). Take the

square root of total cartons, that is the cartons to be selected, then spread it to each

color each size as per its percentage in order, so at least one carton for each color each

size should be selected. If it is re-inspection, the selected cartons to be 1.5 times square

root of total cartons. The principle of selecting carton is random, should not be done in

the same way all the time, It can be selected from anywhere, such as from corner, inside,

front, back,top, middle,bottom, select cartons in horizontal straight line, in slant

straight line, in diagonal line, in wavy line and so on. It is also ok just choose the carton

number on the packing list and ask the workers of factory to take out under our supervision.

Write down the carton number when selecting the cartons. During the loading from warehouse

to inspection place, all cartons should be in our sign line to avoid factory change the

cartons.

3. CHECK SHIPPING MARK, CARTON WEIGHT & SIZE, ASSORTMENT IN CARTON, PACKING, GET SAMPLE

SIZE FROM CARTONS AND CHECK one carton of biggest size to make sure it does

not exceed the maximum weight on road book, check the carton size properly and write down

the result to make sure it is in tolerance. Check the carton quality according to road book,

check if there is any forbidden materials on or in the carton, such as metal clip, silica

gel. Check the shipping mark position, contents on shipping mark, and if it is corrected

filled in. If it is VRAC order, check the size of garment is same as the one on shipping

mark, if factory put correct quantity into the carton, if it is PACK order, check the

assortment if correct or not. If found one carton with wrong quantity or wrong assortment,

all cartons of this style should be re-checked by factory. If there is sticker on polybag,

check if there is any pcs with sticker missed, wrong sticker, if the stickers are properly

put on correct position. The size and color on sticker should meet the actual garment inside.

Check the packing way if meet customer's requirement. This should be done for all cartons

selected.

Put the sample size to each carton equally, then get the pcs from carton randomly,

normally the selected pcs should not exceed the half quantity of the garment inside carton.

Select the sample size from carton should be random too as selecting cartons, it should cover

all position of the cartons, top, middle and bottom.

4. CHECK THE POLYBAG,GARMENT FOLDING METHOD, LABELLING, COMPARE STYLE,FABRIC,

ACCESSORIES. Check the polybag quality, the printed logo, warning clause,polybag sticker,

garment folding method if meet customer's requirement. Check the content,quality and

position of main label, size label, care label, hangtag are correct or not, if they meet

the requirement on labelling formula. Compare the style with ref. Sample, check if all the

correction comments on OK production file are followed or not. Check if all the detailed

of garment are accordance with or meet customer's requirement, such as the quality

and color of fabric, lining, button, rivet, zipper and so on. The method of comparing style

is to follow the order of from top to bottom, from left to right, from front to back, from

outside to inside. to avoid missing checking some points.

5. CHECK WORKMANSHIP. After checking the out packing, ask factory people to take off

the polybag for workmanship checking. Firstly put the garment flat on table to check the

general appearance of it, such as hi-low on front placket, hi-low or slant on pockets, color

shade variation between left and right, poor armhole shape, wavy bottom line, wavy or twisted

inseam/outseam, poor ironing and so on. Then check the workmanship part by part carefully,

such as the problem of fabric faults, hole, dirt stain, oil stain, broken stitches, pleat

seam, puckering, wavy stitching line, run off stitches, double sewing, loose stitches, seam

allowance exposed, lining too long or too short, missing or misplacement button and rivet,

under placket exposed, untrimmed thread ends and so on.

Normally follow the order of front top to bottom, from left to right, from front to back,

front outside to inside to check workmanship, Touch each part in checking by hand and check

it very carefully. During the inspection, please pay high attention to the problems of

symmetry on garment, such as hi-low on pockets, dart position, yoke seam or front placket,

different width on leg opening, uneven length on inseam or out seam or slit.

Check the labelling on each garment to make sure all main label, size label, care label,

hangtag and so on are correct and accordant to each other. If the garments are with the

accessories of zipper, button, rivet and buckle and so on, check them on each piece, make

sure the zipper can be opened and closed smoothly, no problem on autolock function, button

and rivet should be stable and without any sharp point. Buckle should be closed and opened

easily. And take 10~13pcs garment to make the function test on these accessories, i.e close

and open ten times on the zipper, button, buckle etc. If there is any problem in these pcs,

check more to make sure if there is problem or not. Also pulling the seams is a very important

step of workmanship checking, including inseam, out seam, front and back rise seam of pants,

side seam, sleeve seam, shoulder seam, the seam on lining and shell fabric. This is to check:

(a). If there is any broken stitches or open seam, (b). If there is any color shade variation

between the two parts of the seam, (c). If the fabric or lining is strong enough.

Put an arrow sticker at the place where there is a defect, and put the defective garment

aside neatly. Normally before inspection finished, the defective garment should not be taken

away by factory people. if they insist to, take a photo on it before giving to factory people.

All pcs without any problems should be folded properly and put into the cartons or baskets

neatly, to avoid the problems such as puckering caused by rude inspection. During checking

the workmanship, take out two pcs each size randomly and put aside for latter measurement

check.

After the workmanship checking, explain all the defects to factory people clearly and

divide them to major or minor problems, then make a statistics. Judge the workmanship pass

or not according to critical 0, major 2.5 and minor 4.0 (see table B). General speaking,

"critical" means sharp point on garment, such as broken needles; "major" means the problem

will cause the garment unsellable, such as broken stitches, pleat seam, serious color shade

variation etc; "minor" means the garment can still be sold after simple reparation or customer

will not notice it, such as untrimmed thread ends, small dirt stain etc. If factory people

do not agree the result, listen to their opinion and explanation carefully and take it into

consideration, then make a correct and fair conclusion. If there is great divergence, seal

the problem garments and send to office for final approval.

6. MEASUREMENT CHECK. Check the measurement according to the different measuring way

of different customers. Normally check two pcs each size, if the result is not good or stable,

check two more pcs on the problematic point. The principle of taking measurement is to put

the garment flat, no stretching, no crinkle, take it at natural status. Write down the results

in the measurement check chart. Circle out the ones beyond tolerance and inform factory

people.

7. COMPARING THE COLOR. When the measurement checking finished, put all these 2pcs each

size together to check if there is lot shades between them, compare it with the ,

then get the conclusion of color. The color should be graded as per international gray scale,

i.e no grade 5 is no difference, grade 4-5 and 4 is slight difference, grade 3-4 and 3 is

difference, below grade 3 is obvious difference, normally grade 4 or above is acceptable,

and grade 3-4 or below is rejected. And only two lot shadings allowed in one color, more

than two lot shadings is rejected.

8. INSPECTION SUMMING-UP. After all the inspection items finished, make a summing-up

of this style to factory people, tell them what is they do well, what is they need to re-check

and repair, what is they should improve in the future. If it is failed and factory need to

re-check and repair, must inform factory people clearly what is the main problem which should

be paid high attention to. If this style is way too bad or factory is not believed to make

the correction well according to our requirement, then new inspection is necessary for it.

Then inform the factory clearly not to ship out the goods before re-inspection and inform

office in time.

9. ISSUE THE INSPECTION REPORT. Based on the inspection result, make the report timely,

carefully and matter of factly, edit the pictures and send to related people of office. If

there is any questions or something to inform office in advance, pls call or send email to

related people before issuing the inspection report. In a word, the related people of office

should get the inspection report or result before the goods leave factory.

VERY IMPORTANT: DURING THE WHOLE ISPECTION PROCESS, EXCEPT ASK FACTORY PEOPLE TO HELP

TO TAKE THE CARTONS, TAKE OFF THE POLYBAGS, ALL JOBS MUST BE DONE BY OURSELEVES, INCLUDING

SELECTING CARTONS, SELECTING SAMPLE SIZE FROM CARTONS, SELECTING THE SAMPLE SIZE FOR

MEASUREMENT CHECK, CHECK CARTON WEIGHT AND SIZE, CHECK MEASUREMENT.