If you're already working in garment production, you would possibly know that garments are inspected at various stages within the manufacturing process. Common Inspection stages practiced by garment factories are explained during this article.
In this post, i will be able to show you ways to form quality inspection reports for the manufacturing process. Here the term 'Garment Inspection' means all quite garment checking aside from final shipment inspection.
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The simple steps involved in making quality inspection reports
Design quality inspection format(s)
Record quality inspection data while inspecting goods - online or off the road
Analyse data and make a summary of the reports
Do you use minimum formats to record inspection findings? I hope you are doing . Otherwise, you weren't reading this post.
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Let come to the most topic. the way to make garment checking report (inspection report)? during this post, I even have explained simple to the complex sort of data collection and report making. Use one that matches your requirement and follow the procedure.
Making an Inspection Report:
First, define what's the aim of creating a top quality inspection report in your factory. Then consistent with the knowledge required you've got to style inspection format. For your information, common quality measures are Percentage Defective of clothes during a production lot, DHU etc.
Your objective of garment inspection could be one among the followings. Method of creating inspection report explained accordingly.
1. Does one wish to skills much Defective Garments are made within the last production day? Use the Straightforward method -1.
Straightforward Method -1
To measure percentage defectives of a garment lot you would like to follow the below procedure. A sample format is shown within the following for data collection.
Employ one quality checker at the top of the road (at the top of the process). Checker must check 100% garments beginning from the road .
Record total number of pieces checked by the checker during the day
Record total defective (including rejected garments) garments kept aside while checking garments
Calculate percentage defective garment within the production lot.
Defective Percentage = (Number of defective garments X 100/Number of total garments checked)
Method -2.
To measure total number of defects or Defect per Hundred Units (DHU) of a garment lot you would like to follow below procedure. A sample format is shown within the following for data collection.
Make the format as Figure-2 for data capturing
Record numbers of defects found in checked garments. you'll extend this format for recording number of defects for defect wise.
Sum up total pieces checked and total defects found in those checked pieces
Calculate Defects per Hundred Units (DHU)
DHU = (Totals defects found X 100)/Total pieces checked.
Method -3: Measurement Checking
Garment measurement checking is required to make sure the fit of the garment. For measurement checking use following procedure.
Design format with an inventory of measurement points, size-wise measurement specified by buyer/designer, allowance (+-)
Record actual measurements while you're checking garment measurements
Verify actual measurement with buyer specified measurements and tolerance level.
Comment on the report.
Advanced Method
Read the subsequent procedure and implement it.
Design detailed data collection format - it should include defects categories, total defects, total defective pieces, accepted pieces etc.
While checking garments (stitching division) record defects found under defect categories, record total defective pieces found.
Sum up number of defects in each defect categories and calculate total defects.
Calculate DHU and Percentage Defective of the inspected garment lot
List down defects in descending order of number of defect found. you'll also make bar chart (Pareto chart) with total defects in each categories. See following figure-3 for instance of Pareto chart.
Consequence:
The actual fact - many garment manufacturers fill complex inspection format. But they do not make any inspection report and do not draw any conclusion from the collected data. it's also important to summarize the report, otherwise, no action and decision are often taken at post-inspection.
There is an enormous difference between recording on a blank inspection form and making a top quality report. A filled format says nothing if collected data isn't summarized, comments and action plan are written at the top of the inspection report. Mention clearly what action to be taken by the assembly team and quality controller supported the merchandise quality report summary. Like, if it's in-process checking mention what errors are frequently happening. If it's final inspection or audit mention whether an audit is Passed/Failed/ got to be rechecked.
You can use inspection report data in some ways . you'll go deeper and dig down more about defects generation with the facts that you simply have collected within the above inspection reports. you'll even track the explanations for occurring particular defect.
To find the basis explanation for defect generation use problem-solving tools like
Fish Bone Diagram or
5 Whys
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