Apparel production coordination for France
LIFA coordinated a French apparel program across two factories, reducing defects from 6.4% to 1.8% through in-line and final checks.
- The buyer
- A Paris, France fashion retailer with 120 stores across France and Belgium.
- The product scope
- Private-label apparel; women's wear, 6 collections, 310,000 units. Program value $3.6M.
What needed to change?
Four suppliers created quality variance and markdown risk; the previous season's defect rate of 6.4% drove returns that erased margin.
How LIFA managed the work
We consolidated production into 2 factories with matching capability and QC.
We ran AQL 2.5 inspection plus in-line checks at both factories.
We implemented size-ratio and color-lot management for the 6 collections.
We staged deliveries to match store season windows.
Defect rate cut to 1.8%; sell-through 98.5% with markdowns at record low; both factories retained under annual contracts for the next two seasons.
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What this project shows
Size ratios and color lots needed the same control as stitching quality. Shared acceptance criteria helped both factories deliver a coherent retail collection.
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