Dawn SourcingApparel production in China
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How we inspect your apparel order in China.

Four checkpoints run on every order — IQC → IPQC → FQC → OQC — included, not billed as an add-on. The last one happens in our own Yiwu warehouse, where every piece is checked and counted before it ships. Every check is inside the unit price — including independent third-party inspection, lab testing and 100% inspection when your order needs them. There is no separate QC bill.

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Fabric held against the approved color card at the roll racks before cuttingIQC
Incoming

Materials & trims checked before a unit is cut — quantity, spec, COA.

Garment on the sewing line during productionIPQC · included
In-process

On the floor during production — pulling anything off-standard on the spot.

Finished garment measured against the approved sampleFQC
Final

Finished goods — appearance, measurements, packing vs your sample.

Our team bagging and boxing finished garments before dispatchOQC / PDI
Pre-dispatch

In our Yiwu warehouse — every piece checked and counted, then carton marks and documents.

In-process QC comes on every order — it's not an upsell. Caught mid-run, the factory fixes it before the goods are boxed. Caught at the end instead, the whole run is wasted.

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Real in-line QC — our own inspection footage
Also included — when your order needs it
Third-party PSI

An independent inspector's pre-shipment check, on top of ours.

Lab testing

Material, safety & regulatory tests for regulated goods.

Independent 100% inspection

A third-party inspector checks every unit against your spec and issues their own report — for zero-tolerance or premium-retail orders.

Tighter AQL

Stricter accept levels, more frequent in-process checks.

Included in the unit price. We agree the inspection level with you when we quote, and it is built into the price per piece. You never receive a separate bill for QC.

Questions about how QC works.

Do you charge extra for inspections?

In-process QC is included on every order. Deeper checks — third-party inspection, lab testing, independent 100% inspection — are included in the unit price when your order needs them. There is no separate QC bill.

How do you keep bulk matching the sample?

Eight steps controlled in China, four of them inspections: raw-material intake → production → in-line inspection → final QC → packing → dispatch → in-house re-inspection → final packing.

When do you inspect — during production, or only at the end?

Both, and the in-process one is the point. Caught mid-run, the factory fixes it before the goods are boxed; caught at the end instead, the whole run is already wasted. IPQC comes on every order here — it isn't an add-on.

What happens if a run fails inspection?

It doesn't ship. On the order in our published report, five of eight contract defect types were present and the size grading had not been applied, so the first run was rejected: defective units were pulled and returned, and the factory was told to re-produce rather than rework wherever rework wouldn't hold the shipping date. Nothing from that run reached the buyer. The re-produced lot was inspected again, all six findings cleared, and it shipped.

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