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ATMA Apparel & Textile Merchandising Academy

T09

Quality

Quality: 3 courses and 15 lessons on ATMA. Every lesson is free to read, with an Excel template for each course.

T09-C01 Quality Systems in Apparel

  1. What quality means in apparel manufacturing, beyond a pass/fail inspection
  2. Where quality checks happen across an order, from incoming fabric to final inspection
  3. Classifying a defect as critical, major or minor and why the classification changes the response
  4. In-line quality checks during sewing versus end-of-line final inspection
  5. Building a complete quality checklist for a production order

T09-C02 AQL and Final Inspection

  1. What AQL means and why a factory inspects a sample, not every piece
  2. Reading an AQL sampling table to find the right sample size and acceptance number
  3. Counting critical, major and minor defects toward a pass or fail decision
  4. What happens when a final inspection fails, and the options that follow
  5. Building a complete AQL final inspection report for a shipment

T09-C03 Physical and Chemical Testing

  1. The main physical and chemical tests a fabric or garment goes through before shipment
  2. Colourfastness and shrinkage testing and what a failed result means for an order
  3. Reading a test lab report and deciding whether a result passes the buyer's standard
  4. What happens when a test fails close to shipment, and the options that follow
  5. Building a complete testing tracker for an order's required tests

Every lesson is free to read.

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