Quality and Inspection

You learn how a garment order is judged fit to ship: the sampling plan, the defect classification behind every number on the report, and the clearance decision somebody signs.

After this track you can

You can run a pre-shipment AQL inspection with the plan in front of you, defend a defect classification to a third-party inspector, and make a costed, defensible ship-or-hold call on a lot that has failed.

6 courses · 11 h 15 min

6.1Quality Systems: the Cost of Finding a Defect LateFoundation3 lessons · 1 h 40 minYou take one corduroy skirt order with one fault in it, and you price that fault at every gate where it could have been caught: on the roll, at the cutting table, inline, at the end of the line, and at the buyer's distribution centre. You will see why doubling the inspectors changes nothing about what the line makes, and why two complaints that look unrelated usually come from one cause.
6.2AQL and Final InspectionPractitioner3 lessons · 1 h 45 minYou learn the sampling mathematics behind a pre-shipment inspection, the defect taxonomy the numbers are built from, and what actually happens on the days after a lot fails.
6.3Physical and Chemical Testing: What the Report CertifiesPractitioner3 lessons · 2 h 20 minYou take one shirt order through a full test package. You see what the package costs, and when to submit it so a failure can still change the cloth. You see why a pass under the mill's method is not a pass under the buyer's. And you trace a chemical failure back from a composite to one component and one purchase date.
6.4Social and Ethical CompliancePractitioner3 lessons · 2 hYou see what a social audit really examines: the records, the walk, and the worker interviews. You learn how a corrective action plan fixes a cause instead of a finding. And you do the arithmetic that turns a late approval and a quantity increase into somebody's unpaid overtime.
6.5Product Safety and LabellingPractitioner3 lessons · 1 h 40 minYou follow one children's order through three exposures a quality inspection cannot see: a hood cord the buyer's own studio drew, a fibre content label made false by a substitution nobody recorded, and an ink lot no certificate covered. Safety is where the buyer's approval stops protecting you.
6.6Running a Compliance ProgrammeAdvanced3 lessons · 1 h 50 minYou take a fixed audit budget against a supplier base that is bigger than the supplier list. You rank the sites, spend the money, measure the programme without corrupting it, and price the exit before you need it.

Track exam

12 questions drawn from a larger bank, across the courses in this track, passed at 70%. 3 attempts, then it locks for 7 days. It is worth finishing the courses first.

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