Garment Quality Assurance and Laboratory Testing
Build the quality system, inspect to a defensible standard, test in the laboratory and prove capability with data.
A free, self-paced course on apparel quality: the quality management system and control plans, incoming and in-line inspection, AQL sampling and inspector calibration, measurement audit, textile and colourfastness testing, and the statistical tools that show whether a process can hold a specification. Four modules, each ending with a five-question quiz.
- 4 modules · 14 subjects
- About 12–16 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace
- 4 quizzes to check your understanding
- Written by Sanjeewa Dehiwalage
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Who this course is for
- QA and QC officers moving into a supervisory role
- Inspectors who want the statistics behind their sampling plan
- Merchandisers and buyers who must read an inspection or test report
- Laboratory staff and factory quality managers
What you will be able to do
- Write a control plan that names the check, the standard, the frequency and the reaction
- Draw a single or double AQL sampling plan and defend the accept or reject decision
- Run a measurement audit and separate operator error from real process variation
- Read a laboratory report on colourfastness and physical performance and act on it
- Judge process capability from control chart data rather than opinion
Preview module
Module 1 — Quality Systems
Set up a quality management system for a factory or a buyer's programme, and turn a specification into a written control plan with a corrective-action route.
Sample quiz question from this module
What does a control plan have to state for each check?
- A. Only the name of the check
- B. The check, the standard, the sample and frequency, and the reaction when it fails
- C. Only who signs the form
- D. Only the machine used
Show the answer
B. The check, the standard, the sample and frequency, and the reaction when it fails — Without a stated standard, sample, frequency and reaction, a check cannot be audited or repeated.
Self-study material. It is not an accredited qualification and no examination board has assessed it. Progress is kept on your device, and on your account once you sign in.
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