Garment Sampling Process for Export Orders: A Complete Guide

Garment Sampling Process for Export Orders: A Complete Guide

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: textilemerchandising1@gmail.com

 

Garments sample:

Sampling is very important for the garment manufacturing process in the textile industry. For this reason ,garments factories have a garment sampling department. For confirming an export order, sampling plays an important role. According to the sample condition, the buyer will give comments. Generally, buyers require different types of samples from different stages of the order process. There are few stages in garments industry for making an export order. Now, I would like to discuss this process.

In garment factory, samples are divided in two ways. They are development samples and production samples.

A. Development samples:

Development samples are the initial stage of garment manufacturing. In garments industry those samples are making before production, which are called development sample. They are as follows.

1. Design sample: Design sample is first sample for garments sampling department. This sample is also called proto sample. Proto samples are created by a fashion designer. Not mention fit and fabric details in this stage.

2. Fit sample: For making a fit sample, fashion designers are using dummy. Fit samples are prepared by buyer order sheet measurement. For this reason, fit sample is very important in garments sampling department.

3. Photo shoot sample: When the fit sample is approved the photo shoot sample is made. Taking Photo shoot for the buyer where samples will be worn by the models or dummy. For this sample, actual fabrics and accessories are compulsory. By this sample buyer can easily give their comments.

4. Mock up sample: Mock up sample is not a complete sample. For buyer equipment few parts of garments are made. It is part of garments such as sleeve, collar, front panel, leg parts etc.

5. Size set sample: Generally, a garment has different sizes such as S, L, M, XL, XXL, etc. For this reason, check the fit of the garment in different sizes. Size set sample is very important because without this approval, the cutting should not be started.

6. Approval sample: Before pre-production sample, sometimes buyer required approval sample. This sample is made actual fabrics and accessories. The approval sample is actual buyer one kinds of recommend for the next process.

7. Pre-production sample: The Pre-production sample is the last stage of development sample. In apparel industry, short name of this sample is PP sample. Garment bulk production depends on the approval of pre-production sample from buyer. So pre-production sample is a most important sample.

B. Production samples:

Production samples are the last stage of the sampling process at the manufacturing industry. Actually, this stage is the combustion of online sample and shipment sample. By those samples, a buyer can know the bulk production condition of a garment industry. In both stages of production, used original fabrics and accessories.

1. Online sample: Online sample is also called top of production sample (TOP sample). A sample which is collected from the first stage of the production process is known as an online sample. For production follow-up, a buyer must collect this sample from the apparel industry.

2. Shipment sample: In this stage, production has done. For sending this sample to the buyer, need all packing accessories such as poly, hanger, packing list, bar code sticker, hang tag, price tag, etc. In the garment factory, shipment samples are kept for future reference that’s why, this sample is known as keep sample.

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