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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.

In the last article, we talked about “Points of View to High-Quality Underwear Management“, so today we will talk about how to better improve and strictly control the quality of underwear products to increase more market share Rate.

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Set up a QC improvement team

 

The QC improvement group activity refers to the activities organized by the people on the same work site to inspire each other, express their opinions, respect individuality, think together and use QC methods to continuously improve and maintain the quality problems, after-sales service, processing operations, etc. of the company.

 

QC improvement activity groups can be divided into the following categories:

 

1) Field type. The main features of maintaining the high quality boxer shorts underwear garments are small tasks, low difficulty, short cycle, and not necessarily large benefits.

 

2) Service type. The main features of the group aiming at improving the quality of underwear are that the subject is small, the difficulty is low, the cycle is short, and the workshop benefit is obvious.

 

3) Tackling type. Solving key technical problems in a three-combination method is mainly characterized by difficult tasks, long cycle, large investment and significant economic benefits.

 

4) Management type. It is composed of managers of underwear and garment factories to solve the management problems of underwear products.

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The basic method of QC improvement activity team to solve the problem is:

 

Set goals → grasp the status quo → analyze the problem → review and implement improvements → grasp the improvement effect → standardize

 

In fact, in order to truly improve the efficiency of underwear and garment factories, the enterprise will have greater development. Unitex’s lean production – “zero waste”, requires various products to be produced according to the required amount when needed. The output must be able to flexibly adapt to changes in market demand, otherwise it will cause a waste of resources. In order to reduce or even avoid this unnecessary waste, it is essential to implement timely and appropriate production. Unitex’s partner-factory production method breaks the traditional production method that believes that there is an inverse relationship between quality and cost, and achieves high quality and low cost of products through quality management throughout every process.

 

The usual quality management method is to inspect the product in the last process, which cannot effectively prevent the recurrence of unqualified products. Because if the production does not stop immediately after the problem is found, it is inevitable that similar problems will continue to occur, and at the same time, the superposition of “defects” will occur, increasing the frequency of final inspections, and invisibly increasing costs. At the partner factory, if problems are found in the production method, production will be stopped immediately and analysis and improvement will be carried out. Over time, there will be fewer and fewer problems in production, and the quality of the production process of the enterprise will gradually increase.

 

Quality is actually a simple sentence: quality = conscience + sense of responsibility, so that the trainees are easy to remember and understand. Sometimes employees themselves will ask if I have taken the company’s money and didn’t do the job well, whether I can live up to my conscience; Quality inspectors will also ask questions. Everyone has this awareness, and then properly guides down, this quality reason is not difficult to control, as long as there is a little sense of responsibility, this quality accident will not occur.

 

China is the main country for textile industry. Unitex Underwear is located in Xiamen, Fujian Province, which is one of the most professional underwear companies in China. We have a professional team and long-term partner factories which provide ODM&OEM customized knitted underwear production under well quality control and delivery in time. We are not only good at any kinds of high quality cotton underwear, include men’s boxer, men’s briefs, female sexy underwear and also children underpant, but also do all kinds of pyjamas and home suit and so on. As one of the best China underwear manufacturers, Unitex Underwear has always advocated quality first and has our own strong QC team to better control and improve the quality of our products. If you are happened to be looking for underwear supplier, we are may the best partner for you.

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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.
Step 1 Set up a QC improvement team with a named owner
Step 2 Measure first-pass yield before changing anything
Step 3 Identify the top failure types rather than the total complaint number
Step 4 Fix the process that generates the defect rather than the defect itself
Step 5 Track corrective actions to closure
Step 6 Re-measure and keep the change if the yield moved
Metric that matters First-pass yield and rework rate rather than output
Common failure A team created without measurement, which drifts back
Common failure Findings recorded but not tracked, which become repeat findings
Buyer relevance Ask what measurably changed rather than which system is in place

Buyer checklist

  • Ask what the first-pass yield was before and after the last improvement.
  • Check whether the failure types are tracked separately or as one number.
  • Ask which process change was made and what it was intended to fix.
  • Confirm the corrective actions from the last audit are closed.
  • Check the rework rate rather than only the output figure.
  • Ask who owns the quality routine rather than which system is installed.
  • Confirm the inspection stages produce records during production.
  • Ask what measurably changed as a result of the last three improvements.
  • Check whether the team was set up with a measurement routine or only a remit.
  • Review the yield trend over the last four quarters rather than one figure.

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

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By measuring first, identifying failure types rather than a total complaint number, fixing the process that generates the defect, tracking the corrective action to closure and re-measuring. The sequence matters more than the tools used at any single step. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Because without a baseline there is no way to know whether a change worked. First-pass yield and rework rate are the two figures that describe the process, and a quality initiative that does not move either of them has not changed anything. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Because each type has a different cause. Grouping fit, moisture, colour and durability complaints into one number hides which one 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.).

Being set up with a remit but no measurement. A team without a baseline cannot demonstrate a change, and without a demonstrated change the routine drifts back within a season. The measurement routine is what holds the improvement in place. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

By tracking them to closure rather than recording them. A finding that is recorded but not tracked becomes a repeat finding, and the improvement made to close it drifts back. Closure tracking is what converts a finding into a change. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

By asking what measurably changed rather than which system is in place. A supplier with a working routine answers with figures from the last three improvements; one that has adopted the vocabulary describes the principles instead. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).