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Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Engineering-I: Course Code: TE-4401 Course Name: Credits: 03
Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Engineering-I: Course Code: TE-4401 Course Name: Credits: 03
Advanced Apparel Manufacturing Engineering-I: Course Code: TE-4401 Course Name: Credits: 03
Course Instructor
Forkan Sarker, Ph.D
UN Fellow, Commonwealth Scholar
Ph.D in Materials(The University of Manchester,UK)
MSc in Advanced Materials (University of Bolton, UK )
B.Sc. in Textile Technology (Dhaka University),
Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Gazipur
Lecture-2
(Introduction to quality control in apparel industry)
Quality assurance
Quality assurance is the “process of designing, producing,
evaluating, and assessing products to determine that they meet
the desired quality level for a company’s target market” (Kadolph,
2007, p. 6).
Quality control
Quality control is generally understood as assessing for quality after
products have already been manufactured and sorted into
acceptable and unacceptable categories.
Quality
Quality is a multifaceted concept that describes how well a service,
process, material, or product possesses desired intangible or physical
attributes (Kadolph, 2007).
an organization
Disadvantages of quality control
A major problem is that individuals are not necessarily encouraged to
take responsibility for the quality of their own work. Rejected product is
expensive for a firm as it has incurred the full costs of production but
cannot be sold as the manufacturer does not want its name associated
with substandard product. Some rejected product can be re-worked, but
in many industries it has to be scrapped – either way rejects incur more
costs, A quality control approach can be highly effective at preventing
defective products from reaching the customer. However, if defect levels
are very high, the company’s profitability will suffer unless steps are
taken to tackle the root causes of the failures
Quality Principles
“A quality management principle is a comprehensive and
fundamental rule/ belief, for leading and operating an
organization, aimed at continually improving performance
over the long term by focusing on customers while
addressing the needs of all other stake holders”
1: CUSTOMER FOCUS
2: LEADERSHIP
3: INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE
4: PROCESS APPROACH
5: SYSTEM APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT
6: CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT
7: FACTUAL APPROACH TO DECISION MAKING
8: MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL SUPPLIER RELATIONS
Organisations who are monitoring the quality in the apparel industry:
1. American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists –AATC
2. American Society for Testing and Materials-ASTM
3. American Society for Quality-ASQ
4. American Apparel and Footwear Association-AAFA
5. Textile Clothing and Technology Corporation –TC
6. American National Standards Institute –ANSI
7. International Organization for Standardization-ISO