Quality Control Procedure

Form Textile manufacturing company occupies a building (7000m²) in Beylikduzu, Istanbul.

The factory is semi vertically integrated; the base cloth used in manufacture is knitted in Istanbul, then sent to dying house around Istanbul, then returned to the factory for all other manufacturing processes.

Of the 400 employees in the factory 50 people are directly involved in-quality control checks. Apart from the in house QC inspectors, 3 independent quality controllers are employed to carry out spot checks where required.
Quality controllers from independent organizations or from buying organizations are welcomed and quite frequent. Companies such as Next, Peek & Cloppenburg, Zara, M&S and more.

Sealed Sample Procedure

Approval samples are made on which orders are placed, subsequently sealing samples are made in all sizes for customer approval against which production is made.

Material Receipt to Cutting

2 QC team is involved in QC in this area.
First quality Izmir yarn is used to knit the base cloth which is then sent for finishing and dying.

On arrival the finished cloth is inspected on a machine for flaws.
Dye matches are made to original lab dips or to continuity swatches for large runs.
All dimensional stability and colour fastness tests are handled by QC team reporting to QC Manager.

Before cutting, 3 garments are made per size per colour pressed and inspected. Comparison is made between the production test samples and the sealed samples and sealed size specifications before cutting can commence.
After cutting garment parts are assembled and kept together in batch lots throughout production.

Stitching And Finishing

In Line QC:
A sealed sample hangs in the main stitching area for comparison purposes. 4 inspectors oversee stitching and check production on a random basis.

Final QC:
After trimming quality control people check the garment and apply a personal quality control seal to the garments they have approved. 
After hand ironing the garments are packed.

Final Inspection:
Random tests are carried out on the final packed product by QC Manager according to customer’s AQL standards.

Production samples are supplied to the customer and when required independent QC checks are welcome.