Applied Assessment: Effective Garment Meetings

4 of 5 needed to pass

1. 1. In the daily production review, a supervisor reports line three is behind target because fabric has not arrived. What should the production manager do before moving to the next line?

   Choose one answer.

   Thank the supervisor and move on since fabric delay is the warehouse's problemAssign an owner and deadline immediately, such as the warehouse manager confirming fabric location by a set timeWait until the 2:00 p.m. PP meeting to raise the issueAsk the supervisor to solve it alone without cross-department input
2. 2. A meeting note reads: 'We discussed the PP sample delay. QA needs more time. Fabric team should check shade.' What is missing that makes this note weak?

   Choose one answer.

   Named owners, specific deadlines and success criteria for each actionA summary of who spoke the most during the discussionThe exact minute the meeting started and endedThe names of attendees who joined the meeting
3. 3. The shade check assigned in the morning meeting is still not done by 4:00 p.m. as agreed. What is the correct next step?

   Choose one answer.

   Reassign the task to a different department without informing anyoneCancel tomorrow's meeting since today's action failedWait quietly for the fabric team to finish whenever they canSend a clear four-line escalation update to the factory manager naming the blocker, impact, owner and needed decision
4. 4. Which meeting structure best matches the practical brief's one-page template for garment meetings?

   Choose one answer.

   A meeting run entirely by email with no live discussionAn open-ended discussion with no agenda, letting topics arise naturallyPurpose, time-boxed agenda, decisions captured with owner and deadline, blockers with escalation level, and a closing action-list read-outA long meeting that covers every department's full weekly update regardless of relevance
5. 5. How should a well-run garment meeting actually be measured?

   Choose one answer.

   By how many people attended and how long it lastedBy whether decisions are acted on afterward, owners report progress, and blockers are escalated before they damage the scheduleBy how detailed the minutes look on paper, regardless of follow-upBy whether the most senior person present spoke the most