1. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, we cannot imagine a world without textiles, and especially without quality textiles. Thus, all the producers are trying to offer to their clients the best quality items, making efforts to assure this quality level with specific practices and using statistical control techniques (Kayaalp & Erdogan, 2009).
The increasing competition in the clothing market has forced manufacturers to put into practice the concept of Total Quality and to adopt Zero Defects policy. If in the past were accepted levels of 1.5 or 4% defects, today there are companies that measured their production error in percentages per million (Atilgan, 2007). Since obtaining a high quality 100% is impossible just by inspection, the actual direction is to reduce the importance of product checking and enlarge on the process control.
This paper presents an application of Quality Management principles for "trousers" product, which is concluded through an action plan for improving product quality level. In this study quality management tools, like flow chart, histograms, Pareto chart, cause and effect diagram are used to establish specific inspection methods adapted for each defect type and to prevent their appearance in product.
2. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
Our case study was achieved based on trousers manufacturing process in a famous clothing company from Sibiu. The …
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