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Quality Control vs. Quality Assurance in the Garment Supply Chain

February 6, 2026July 16, 2026 Admin No Comments

Ensuring high-quality products is essential for success in the garment industry. Two key processes that help maintain quality standards are Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA). While often confused, these terms refer to different approaches in quality management. QC focuses on detecting and correcting defects in finished garments, while QA works to prevent defects…

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What is CIF in the Apparel Industry?

August 31, 2024July 16, 2026 Admin No Comments

In apparel export business, CIF is a contract used between the buyer and the apparel seller. CIF stands for Cost, Insurance and Freight. In a CIF arrangement, the supplier (garment manufacturer) is responsible for all costs and risks until the goods reach the designated port or destination. The buyer takes ownership and responsibility once the…

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What is Shade Variation in Fabrics and Garments?

July 3, 2024July 8, 2026 Admin No Comments

What is Shade? Different shades of any items are of the same color with variations in color tone and depth. In a single color, you can get many shades. To match the actual color and shade, fabrics sample is matched with the color standards (Pantone shade card). What is Shade Variation in Fabrics? Fabric shade…

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What is An Export House?

June 7, 2024July 10, 2026 Admin No Comments

An export house is a company or firm that manufactures goods such as yarns, fabrics, clothes and shipped to other countries. Export houses can be for any product industries that manufacture goods in one country and shipped to other counties. The company need to register to get the garment exporting license. Production floor of an…

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What is a Garment? Its Definition and Meaning

April 26, 2024July 10, 2026 Admin No Comments

What is a Garment? A garment is an item of clothing; an article that is worn on the body. A shirt, a t-shirt, a blouse, a suit or jeans pant, uniforms are example of garments. All garments are part of clothing, but all clothing items are not garments. A saree, dhoti, scarf are clothing items…

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What is Bow and Skew in Fabric?

October 13, 2021July 10, 2026 Admin No Comments

Bowing and skewing in finished fabric are among the common problems found in woven fabrics. In the finished fabric, distortion of warp and weft yarns alignment happened due to improper tension application on fabric across the width in weaving and finishing process. As a result, Bow or Skew occurred in woven fabrics. In this page,…

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What is Mending in Garment Repairing Process?

October 6, 2021July 10, 2026 Admin No Comments

The term mending is used in knits garments and sweater manufacturing. Mending is one kind of manual repairing process of fabric defects by needles. In the garment finishing process, knits garments are checked thoroughly by garment checkers. If they found garment defects such as needle cut, hole, defectives garments are sent to the mending section. …

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