The Second Shipment Has to Be as Good as the First

Anyone can get one order right. Reliability is what you can build a business on.

Our Standard

Quality Is Built In, Then Verified

Inspection at the end of production does not create quality — it only discovers whether it happened. By then the options are rework, discount or rejection, all of which cost the buyer time.

We work the other way round. Risk is identified at development, controls are set at the pre-production meeting, and the line is checked while faults can still be corrected in place.

Final inspection then confirms what should already be true, rather than being the moment everyone finds out.

Quality inspection of finished garments
The Control Sequence

Six Gates Between Order and Shipment

Sealed Sample→PP Meeting→Fabric Check→Inline QC→Finishing Audit→Final AQL
Quality Controls

What Actually Gets Checked

Incoming Fabric

Four-point inspection for defects, plus shade, width, GSM and shrinkage verification before cutting.

Sealed Sample Discipline

The approved PP sample is the reference. Any deviation requires written buyer approval, not a verbal agreement on the floor.

Measurement Control

Size-wise measurement checks across the run, not a single sample from the first output.

Inline Inspection

First-output checks and periodic inline AQL so faults are corrected on the line, not in a finished carton.

Packing & Ratio Audit

Carton ratios, labelling, barcodes and carton markings verified against the packing instruction.

Final Random Inspection

Inspection to the agreed AQL with a written report and photographic evidence issued to the buyer.

Delivery Reliability

How Dates Are Actually Held

01

Realistic Dates at Order

We commit to dates the supply chain can hold. An optimistic date agreed to win an order is the most common cause of late shipment.

02

Material In-House Discipline

Fabric and trim in-house dates are tracked as hard milestones. Almost every late shipment starts as a late material.

03

Capacity Reservation

Line capacity is booked against the order so your programme is not displaced by another buyer’s changes.

04

Early Warning

If a milestone slips, the buyer hears immediately with recovery options — air freight, partial shipment, revised date — while there is still a choice.

05

Post-Shipment Review

Delays and quality issues are reviewed with the supplier and recorded on their scorecard, so the same failure does not repeat.

Why CrestTex

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