Difference between Garments Inspection and Garments Testing

Noor Ahmed Raaz
Specialized in Apparel Manufacturing
Owner and Editor in chief Textile Merchandising
Asst. Prof., Department of Textile Engineering
Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology
Email: mnnabi@adust.edu.bd

Introduction:

Garments inspection and testing are the important parts of the garments quality control department. Both are essential for smooth and regular execution of an order. Sometimes we make a confused between garments inspection and testing. Now I would like to a brief discuss about these important topics.

Garments Inspection:

Basically inspection is a review process to confirm the proper to set standards. In garments, this inspection can be defined as visual examination or review of material. There are three steps of inspection in garments. They are raw material inspection, online inspection and final inspection. Raw material inspection is known as fabric inspection in garments.

Fabric inspection in garments

Garments Testing:

Testing is the quality standard of the garments manufacturing process. Now-a-days buyers are mentioning different types of essential garments test with the order sheet. Garments testing is done by smearing some measurable material by a specific standard. There are different testing lab in the garments testing process, but mostly known and buyers approved testing labs are SGS, Intertek, Bureau Veritas, TÜV SÜD, Consumer Testing Laboratories etc.

Rubbing Fastness Test in Garments

Difference between Garments Inspection and Garments Testing:

Different between garments inspection and garments testing are given below-

S/L	Substance	Garments Inspection	Garments Texting
01	Definition	Inspection can be defined as visual examination or review of material.	It is the process of evaluation the quality of goods by specific standard.
02	Based on	Garments inspection should be based on a specific specification for specific products such as size measurement for a specific shirt.	Garments testing should be based on some standard test method to compare the result.
03	Process	In garments inspection is a continuous process.	In garments testing is not a continuous process.
04	Follow	Follow a few common rules of standard for garments inspection.	Here follow hard and fast rules of standard for garments testing.
05	Number of errors	In this process number of errors is higher than garments texting.	In this process number of errors is lower than garments inspection.
06	Size of sample	This is done by randomly process therefore, no need specific size of sample for garments inspection.	Here, specific size of sample is needed for garments testing.
07	Time required	Inspection is a time saving process therefore, lower time required for garments inspection process.	This is time consuming process therefore, higher time required for garments texting process.
08	Example	Raw material inspection, In process inspection, final inspection are the examples of garments inspection.	ISO, BIS, ASTM, BSTI are the example of garments testing.

Noor Ahmed Raaz

Founder & Editor of Textile Merchandising. He is an Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Textile Engineering Department of a Reputed University in Bangladesh. He has performed numerous Research Regarding Textile Engineering. He has also received two times “Research & Development Fellowship” from the Ministry of Science & Technology in Bangladesh. For any further queries, please contact email at raju.uttara105@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +8801673758271.