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Quality Assurance for Textiles and Apparel, 2nd Edition

Sara J. Kadolph
  • ©2007
  • 592 Pages
  • hardcover | 7.375 x 9.25
  • 978-1-56367-554-6
$86.00
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Textile quality assurance is the process of designing, producing, evaluating, and checking products to determine if they meet the desired quality level of a company's target market. Quality Assurance for Textiles and Apparel, 2nd edition reflects the industry's best practices and most practical efforts to provide products of a consistent quality that meet customers' needs. With updated information on technological advances and issues of globalization, the second edition emphasizes the importance of incorporating product quality from the merchandising and design stages through production, delivery, and retailing.
• Includes color insert to demonstrate colorfastness and color matching issues, color management, print samples, shade matching, and color simulation
• Discusses body scanning as it relates to assessing body shape, sizing, and fit
• Contains current information about standard test methods, documents, and practices
• Expands upon issues associated with globalization and outsourcing of production and quality assurance
• Includes student activities and review question at the end of each chapter
Instructors Resources
  • Instructor's Guide
  • PowerPoint® Presentation
Understanding Quality Assurance
  • Introduction to Quality Assurance
  • Linking Products, Quality, and Customers
  • Understanding Standards and Specifications
  • Introduction to Testing

Materials Testing
  • Specifying and Evaluating Materials
  • Durability Testing
  • Evaluating Material Contributions to Comfort, Safety, and Health
  • Evaluating Care, Appearance Retention, Colorfastness, and Weather Resistance
  • Specifying and Evaluating Color Requirements

Product Specifications and Analysis
  • Developing Standards and Specifications for Products
  • Inspecting Products
  • Evaluating Products
  • Sampling a Lot and Developing Acceptance Levels

Integration and Data Analysis
  • Total Quality Management
  • Analytical Tools

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Sara J. Kadolph , PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Textiles and Clothing at Iowa State University where she taught textile science, textile conservation, and textile quality assurance. She is a former member of the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), and American Chemical Society (ACS). Her studies have been published in the Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Journal of the Society of International Natural Dyeing, and the Journal of Consumer Education, among others. Her research interests included natural dyes and textile quality assurance. In 2003, she became a Wakonse Fellow and was awarded the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award.

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