Quality Assurance for Textiles and Apparel 2nd Edition
by Kadolph, Sara J.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-06-25
Publisher(s): Fairchild Pubns
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Summary
Textile quality assurance is the process of designing, producing, evaluating, and checking products to determine if they meet the desired quality level of a company's target market. Quality Assurance for Textiles and Apparel, 2e reflects the industry's best practices and most practical efforts to provide products of a consistent quality that meet customers' needs. With updated information on technological advances and issues of globalization, the second edition emphasizes the importance of incorporating product quality from the merchandising and design stages through production, delivery, and retailing.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to quality assurance | p. 3 |
| Linking products, quality, and customers | p. 11 |
| Understanding standards and specifications | p. 39 |
| Introduction to testing | p. 73 |
| Specifying and evaluating materials | p. 103 |
| Durability testing | p. 151 |
| Evaluating material contributions to comfort, safety, and health | p. 185 |
| Evaluating care, appearance retention, colorfastness, and weather resistance | p. 233 |
| Specifying and evaluating color requirements | p. 279 |
| Developing standards and specifications for products | p. 317 |
| Inspecting products | p. 363 |
| Evaluating products | p. 383 |
| Sampling a lot and developing acceptance levels | p. 421 |
| Total quality management | p. 443 |
| Analytical tools | p. 463 |
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