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Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd. is a professional underwear sourcing & supply-chain management company based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster of south-east China. Founded by Will Lin, who has worked in the apparel trade since 2004, the company has been exporting since 2009 and was incorporated in Xiamen in 2013. It runs its own liaison office in Jinjiang and works with a network of BSCI & OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified partner factories to serve retailers and brands across Europe, the US and Australia.

Judging from the current market competition situation, quality has became one of the most important factors for modern enterprises to gain a favorable competitive position, establish long-term development, and make enterprises successful. This has also been recognized by more and more enterprises, and they have put forward their own slogans to improve quality. For example, General Motors of the United States put forward “Let quality on the road”, Ford’s “Quality is the first job” and so on.

 

In contrast, one of the common problems of Chinese enterprises is that the product quality is not high, and they often rely on the price advantage brought by low cost to participate in international competition. In foreign countries, our products are a symbol of cheapness and inferiority. This is not only detrimental to the image of one’s own enterprise, but also can easily lead to anti-dumping lawsuits from other countries, thereby affecting the development of the globalization of Chinese enterprises.

 

So, on the basis that the entire underwear panties manufacturing industry is not very prosperous, how should we improve the efficiency of the factory and ensure the quality of underwear while reducing costs?

 

To ensure the high quality boxer shorts of garments is to improve the quality of underwear panties. First of all, we need to find out the various causes of defective underwear, determine what are the main quality problems of defective underwear, and eliminate and reduce these influencing factors.

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Underwear garments quality improvement is a battle against the unknown and an important way to learn and explore the world of garments. Only by producing high-quality underwear ready-to-wear can we ensure that each of our consumers wears beautifully and is safe and secure.

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Underwear Garments Quality Management Trilogy

 

In order to solve the underwear quality crisis, it is necessary to break the traditional concept, fundamentally transform the traditional underwear garments quality management system, and act according to the new action line. This line is the “trilogy” proposed by Julan.

 

1. Quality Plan

 

Quality planning is the process of first defining the quality objectives to be achieved by products and services, and planning and deploying the various activities necessary to achieve these objectives. For example, a pair of good quality cotton underwear needs to be comfortable for customers to wear, it will not fade after washing, and it will not break after wearing for one or two years. In order to achieve these goals, it is necessary to deploy and plan the materials, washing water, and sewing production of underwear panties, such as what to use. Materials, what equipment to use, how to test, etc. Through underwear garments quality planning activities, enterprises or factory should clarify who their customers are, what their needs are, and what characteristics underwear must have to meet customers’ needs; on this basis, they must also set the quality that meets the requirements of both customers and suppliers. Goals, develop the processes and processes necessary to achieve garments quality goals, ensure that the process has the ability to achieve the goals under the given operating conditions, and lay a solid foundation for the final production of underwear and services that meet customer requirements.

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2. Quality Control

 

Quality control, in its general meaning, refers to the process of developing control standards, measuring actual conditions, identifying deviations, and taking action to correct them. For example, the size table of ready-made underwear garments are generally stipulated, and if the deviation is exceeded, the product is not qualified; Just like, the finished underwear is dirty; Such as the color difference of the fabric, the sewing off thread and so on; This is the quality control of underwear garments.

 

3. Quality Improvement

 

Quality improvement is the process of going beyond the original plan to achieve an unprecedented level of quality. There are three ways to improve the quality of underwear garments:

The first thing is to restore the process to the initial control state by eliminating the occasional quality failure that causes the process to deviate from the standard. For example, we improve the flat car to make the stitch distance and sewing density meet the requirements, etc.;

 

The second thing is to improve the current quality to a new level by eliminating long-term quality failures, such as regular maintenance of various machinery and equipment in the garment workshop, and replacement of parts that need to be replaced after long-term use;

 

The third thing is to introduce new products, when the new process is planned (design), we strive to eliminate various possibilities that may lead to new chronic failures and sporadic failures, such as purchasing automatic cutting equipment, so that our cutting accuracy can be removed from the influence of human factors.

 

In the trilogy of underwear garments quality management, the underwear quality plan clarifies the goals to be achieved by clothing quality management and the way to achieve these goals, which is the premise and foundation of underwear quality management; Underwear quality control ensures that things are carried out as planned, is the guarantee to achieve the quality goal of underwear; The improvement of the quality of underwear means a leap in the level of underwear quality, indicating that the quality of underwear garments is constantly climbing and improving in a spiral way.

 

These three stages complement each other.

 

Our Unitex Underwear is one of the best China underwear sourcing partners. It is a professional underwear enterprise integrating industry and trade. It is committed to giving priority to both quality and price. The elite underwear team with more than 17 years of experience, is one of your best choices.

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Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.
Supplier Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — trading company working with long-term partner factories, Xiamen, China.
Function 1 Quality planning — the specification set before production rather than after
Function 2 Quality control — the inspection stages and the records they produce
Function 3 Quality improvement — the corrective actions and their closure
What planning means Fibre, blend, weight and construction detail agreed in writing
What control means Checks at the fabric stage, in-line and at final inspection
What improvement means Findings tracked to closure rather than recorded
Metric that matters First-pass yield and rework rate
Metric that misleads Total complaints, which hides which failure type is costing most
Common gap A control routine without a planning document, which produces disputes
Buyer action Ask for the records rather than the system description

Buyer checklist

  • Ask for the specification in writing rather than an agreed understanding.
  • Confirm the inspection stages and who holds the records.
  • Ask whether the material is inspected before spreading.
  • Check that in-line checks run during production rather than only at the end.
  • Ask how corrective actions are tracked to closure.
  • Ask for first-pass yield and rework rate rather than a complaint total.
  • Check whether failure types are tracked separately.
  • Confirm the amendment rule in writing.
  • Review the records from the last production run.
  • Compare suppliers on process control rather than on system names.

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.)

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.

Sources & references

  1. ISO 2859-1:2026 — Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes (AQL sampling) https://www.iso.org/standard/2859-1
  2. ISO 3758:2023 — Textiles: care labelling code using symbols https://www.iso.org/standard/74401.html
  3. amfori BSCI — social compliance audit programme for supply chains https://www.amfori.org/amfori-bsci
  4. ASTM — textile standards and test methods https://www.astm.org/
  5. OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 — harmful-substance testing and certification for textiles https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/our-standards/oeko-tex-standard-100
  6. ISO 6330 — domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing https://www.iso.org/standard/75934.html
  7. Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and labelling https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/1007/oj
  8. FTC (US) — clothing and textiles: labelling and advertising guidance https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/industry/clothing-and-textiles

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.

Buyer Questions

MOQ, lead times, certification and trading terms

Three functions: planning, which sets the specification before production; control, which is the inspection stages and the records they produce; and improvement, which is the corrective actions and their closure. A programme with control but no planning produces disputes rather than goods. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Because it is invisible when it works. A specification agreed in writing prevents arguments later, but its absence only shows when two parties remember the same conversation differently — which is exactly when a written record would have settled it. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

At the fabric stage before cutting, at the first piece on the line, in-line during production and at final inspection. Each stage answers a different question, and the in-line stage is the only one that changes what is being made rather than describing it. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

First-pass yield and rework rate. Output counts everything that left the line including what will be reworked, so a line can hit its target while generating rework. The two figures that describe the process are the ones worth tracking. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Because each type has a different cause. A single complaint number hides which failure is costing the most and leaves the process change aimed at the wrong stage, which is how the same complaint returns after each fix. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

By asking for the records rather than the system description. Records produced during production describe the process; a report written for the shipment describes the goods. Only the first tells you anything about the next order. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).