Quality Control (QC)
Advanced's Quality Control (QC) Services: Ensuring Every Item is Perfect
When minor imperfections can lead to returns, negative reviews, and a damaged brand image, Advanced Supply Chain’s rigorous Quality Control (QC) services provide a critical layer of assurance that every item meets your exact specifications and brand standards before it leaves our care.
Your Brand, Our Uncompromising Standards
With decades of experience in high-volume fulfilment and value-added logistics, we understand the intricate details that define a quality product. Our dedicated QC teams act as an extension of your own brand, meticulously inspecting goods at strategic points throughout the supply chain – from inbound receipt to pre-retail finishing.
Our comprehensive QC services are designed to:
- Protect Your Brand Reputation: Catching imperfections before they reach your customers, safeguarding your brand’s commitment to excellence.
- Minimise Returns and Complaints: Reducing the costly impact of faulty or unsatisfactory products.
- Ensure Retail Readiness: Guaranteeing garments are perfect for immediate display, enhancing the shopping experience.
- Uphold Compliance: Verifying that products meet specified industry standards and your internal quality benchmarks.
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Meticulous Inspections, Strategic Touchpoints
Our QC process is systematic and thorough, designed to identify and address issues at the most effective stages. We offer a range of inspection levels, tailored to your specific needs and product types:
- Inbound Goods Inspection: Verifying the quality and quantity of incoming stock against purchase orders and specifications, flagging any initial discrepancies.
- Post-Processing Checks: After value-added services like garment cleaning, pressing, or repairs, we conduct detailed inspections to ensure the work meets our stringent quality benchmarks and your expectations.
- Pre-Retail Final Inspection: The critical last check before dispatch to your stores or end customers. This comprehensive review covers:
- Fabric Integrity: Checking for snags, pulls, holes, or inconsistencies.
- Stitching Quality: Ensuring strong, even, and consistent seams.
- Embellishments & Hardware: Inspecting buttons, zippers, sequins, embroidery, and other detailing for security and correct application.
- Colour Consistency: Verifying shade matching across garment components.
- Measurements & Sizing: Confirming adherence to size charts and specifications.
- Labelling & Packaging: Ensuring correct swing tags, care labels, and packaging for presentation.
- Presentation: Checking for creases, wrinkles, and overall hang or fold quality.
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Our QC services are fully integrated with our award-winning Vector WMS software, providing you with complete visibility and control:
- Real-time Reporting: Access detailed QC reports and data, allowing you to monitor quality trends and make informed decisions.
- Traceability: Track individual garments through their inspection journey.
- Data-Driven Insights: Our QC data can help you identify common issues, feeding back into your manufacturing processes for continuous improvement.
At Advanced Supply Chain, we don’t just move garments; we refine them. Our commitment to quality control means your products are not just delivered, they are perfected.
Ready to ensure flawless quality for every garment?
A Lacoste success story
Lacoste
Post-Brexit, the French-headquartered business wanted to establish a UK warehouse and fulfilment centre to overcome UK-Europe border delays.
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