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Quality control in overseas apparel manufacturing
Author(s) -
RABOLT NANCY J.,
BOTHWELL KATRINA,
FORNEY JUDITH C.,
BARRY MARY
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1988.tb00493.x
Subject(s) - clothing , control (management) , quality (philosophy) , business , production (economics) , operations management , resource (disambiguation) , manufacturing engineering , engineering , computer science , management , economics , political science , philosophy , epistemology , law , macroeconomics , computer network
The purpose of this study was to identify quality control problems and causes of these problems associated with overseas apparel manufacturing. Apparel exporters and fabricators in seven Asian countries were visited. Through content analysis, four major problem categories were identified, which included construction, finishing, materials and fit. These problems appeared to be due to seven causes: (i) not following specifications, (ii) production method, (iii) management, (iv) facilities and equipment, (v) skills of workers, (vi) governmental structure and resource availability, and (vii) culture.