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Content

• Requirement
• Inspection procedure
• Purpose of quality control
• Requirement of staff quality control
• Essential elements
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• Documents

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The JCPenney supplier is required to provide and ensure their fabric suppliers are in
compliance of the following documents and procedures
1. JCPenney Restricted substances list

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2. JC Penny testing protocol
3. JCPenney defect Classification
4. JCPenney Color development and approval process
5. JCPenney Fabric Inspection Guideline
6. JCPenney Fabric Information sheet (FIS)
7. JCPenney Intentional Color loss Programs Process
Requirements

• Fabric Information Sheet(FIS)


Fabric specification and performance parameters are agreed on the quotation stage
between JCPenney and the garment supplier and for fabric supplier. This information is
documented on the Fabric Information sheet (FIS).
Part A- Fabric information given by the fabric mill
Part B- Fabric performance test results according to the fabric supplier
• Approved fabric reference
Reference swatch of the approved fabric in all colorways must be available
during visual fabric inspection.
Swatch should be minimum 10*10 in. (25*25)cm in size and should accurately
represent the correct look, hand and feel.
Requirement

• Roll Ticket Information


The fabric supplier must mark each roll with the following information
1. Fabric mill
2. Fabric description
3. Fiber Content
4. JCPenney Colour standard name and number
5. Roll number
6. Roll length
7. Cuttable width
8. Production lot
Inspection Procedure

• Inspection Quantity
For shipments of total 1000 yards (meters) or less: a 100% visual inspection should be conducted
on all rolls.
For shipments that exceed 1000 yards (meters), JCPenney expects to perform minimum 10%
inspection.
One should select at least one roll of each shade group for every colour way/print pattern, even if
more than 10%
• Four Point System
Fabric should be inspected in accordance with ASTM D5430 Standard Test Methods for Visually
Inspecting and Grading Fabrics
• Weight
Check weight on minimum 10% of
the rolls chosen for inspection
against ASTM D3776-09ae1 Option C.
Weight should correspond to weight
stated on Fabric Information sheet.
If the fabric weight is out of
tolerance the roll has failed.
Inspection procedure

• Colour continuity
The JCPenney Global Colour Group has a specific process in place to capture colour
inspiration: convert it to a specification: and work with the supply chain to assure that
production is executed as it was envisioned by the designer.

Shade sorting: method of shade sorting must be agreed between fabric mill and
the garment supplier. Sewn garment or finished product must meet JCPenney
Softline Defect Classification requirement of gray scale 4-5 within the garment,
as required by the JCPenney quality assurance team.
Garment wash program: The garment supplier is responsible for advising the
fabric mill if the program is the garment wash program.
Inspection procedure

• Construction
Check threads/sq. in. or courses/wales on 5 random pieces. If the average count is out of
tolerance, the roll has failed.
• Cuttable width
Measure the cuttable width at least 3 times on the roll at beginning, middle and end. If the
cuttable width is below the minimum width, the roll is failed.
• Roll length
Roll length minimum requirements should be agreed upon between the garment supplier and
fabric mill.
Roll length stated on the roll ticket must be verified against the actual roll length measured by
the fabric checking machine.
Inspection Procedure

• Splices/Joints
Minimum splice length is 30 yds.
Splice location must be noted on the individual roll inspection report.
4 penalty points will be assigned for each splice. No roll is allowed to contain more than 2
splice5.
• Fabric odor

Roll that emits an unpleasant odor has failed.


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• They pinpoint production operations that need special attention, thereby reducing the
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number of defects suppliers has learned to identif
future production.
Defect is one or more of the following:-
a. It is conspicuous
b. It will affect the sale-ability and serviceability of the product

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c. It is significantly different from the specification.
Requirements of staff Quality Control

• The Quality Control Manager is responsible for overall quality control systems,
procedures, and directions.
• All Quality Inspectors report to this person.
• The Quality Control Manager should report to the person with the most
responsibility for the facility operation.
• It is important that the Quality Control Manager has the proper attitude toward
quality
• The size of the plant determines the number of quality control staff needed to do
the job.
• Some suppliers have discovered that, after instituting the statistical auditing
method, they had more inspectors on staff than they needed.
Essential elements

• Final Statistical Auditing


The inspection method used at JCPenney is called "statistical auditing." It is an
inspection procedure that projects that quality level of a group of items by
carefully examining a statistically determined number of individual samples.
• Management Leadership
The JCPenney Quality Control Department has helped many of its major
suppliers with the installation of quality control programs.
If top management wants good quality and displays leadership in quality
concerns, middle management and production supervisors will follow.
JCPenney has experienced many suppliers who are serious about improving
quality control.
Inspection Procedure

Inspection Quantity
• For shipments that total 1000 yards (meters) or less, a 100% visual inspection
should be conducted on all rolls.
• For shipments that exceed 1000 yards (meters), JCPenney expects to perform
minimum 10% inspection of the bulk fabric quantity. Fabric mills should perform
100% self-inspections.
• Cutter should select at least one roll of each shade group for every colorway/print
pattern, even if more than 10%.
Thank you

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