Apparel Quality Assurance Process Consulting
Impactiva will work with you to define the rules of the game (description of allowable defects in each area of the product, what to do with un-shippable rejects, how to safely protect-store confirmation samples, etc.) Your organization will receive ideas to create or improve your Quality Assurance processes:
- Supplier terms of engagement
- General labeling and packaging instructions
- Physical and chemical testing protocols
- Customized process & procedure book
Create a win-win in your supply chain
Suppliers (both agents and factory owners) truly appreciate Impactiva’s involvement as they:
- Dramatically improve the quality of your product while maintaining your output rate
- Internally eliminate 3% to 5% of waste/errors/rejects
- Reduce claims to ≤ 0.4% of pairs shipped over any 12 month time period
Production Quality Assurance—Final Shipment
We will provide a tightened strength AQL Final Shipment Inspection using Impactiva’s leading methodology. Critical tests, important tests, and optical-feel inspections are performed daily on all completed product to ensure that what is shipped fulfills your quality standards. Rejected lots are reworked 100% by the supplier for identified defects.
Testing Control
Impactiva will help you to manage your compliance to US-EU physical-chemical materials and product testing by:
- Developing a list of materials to be tested at the beginning of each season.
- Working with your suppliers to receive a vendor test report for all required materials.
- Taking material cuttings or finished product from ongoing production and sending them to designated 3rd party labs.
- Controlling the reception of 3rd party lab reports.
- Summarizing results in a weekly report with % of approvals/failures.
On Time Delivery Monitoring
Assist you in managing your on time delivery by emitting accurate / reliable order status updates every Monday with alarms for late orders and new forecasted ship dates. Detailed emails of the status of particular orders can also be provided so that we can continuously inform your suppliers of the importance of meeting confirmed ship dates.
After Sales Root Cause Analysis
Create and maintain a culture of continuous improvement and learning throughout your supply chain:
- Obtain detailed information on all quality problems/issues.
- Perform a detailed and complete investigation until the root cause is determined.
- Communicate findings immediately to all customer, supplier and Impactiva team members.
- Implement permanent changes across your supply chain to prevent reoccurrences.
