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Garment production from pattern room to shipment: processes, quality control and costing.
The types of garment samples in the order they are made: proto, fit, size set and PP. What each sample is for, who sews and approves it, how many rounds to plan and how to put approval in writing.
How private label clothing works with Turkish factories: four production routes, why MOQ is never one number, who counts as the manufacturer when your label is on the product, and an eight-step process.
How to calculate T-shirt production cost: the cost lines, kilogram-based fabric use, waste, sewing and print costs, and a hypothetical worked example you can rerun with your own numbers.
How much fabric a garment needs depends on pattern area, fabric width and marker efficiency. The formula, T-shirt and shirt worked examples, shrinkage and waste allowances, and what to write into a CMT order.
The garment manufacturing process stage by stage: tech pack, pattern, sampling, cutting, sewing, pressing, packing and shipment, with each stage's output, control point and who does what at a contract factory.
How AQL inspection works in garments: sample size and accept/reject numbers by lot size, critical, major and minor defect classes, what the plan really guarantees, and what to write into the contract.
