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H&M SUPPLIER COLOR GUIDELINE

H&M has established this Colour Guideline to guide suppliers to achieve a quicker and better result in their colour work. For H&M Cosmetic products a separate Colour Guide Book is available. The guidelines and requirements in this Colour Guideline apply to all products in textile, leather/suede, plastic, bone, wood, metal, straw, paper etc. Colour evaluation using instrumental method should be used when applicable. All parts of a product are equally important to check according to the same guidelines; shell, details, accessories (including: threads, buttons, badges, zippers, interlinings, drawstrings, stoppers) etc. Therefore these guidelines are made for everyone involved in the colour process – garment makers, accessory suppliers, dyers, print houses, embroidery units etc. Each supplier to H&M is responsible for informing all of their suppliers and subcontractors about the content of these guidelines and requirements and to make sure that they al...

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM GUIDELINES FOR SUPPLIERS BY H&M

Introduction Congratulations! If you are not already working with a quality management system, you will now get some ideas about how you can improve effectiveness and customer satisfaction in your company. H&M aims to build long-term co-operation with suppliers that take ownership in creating a sustainable system and organisation to ensure the H&M group quality requirements and continuously improve the quality for the long term in the factories. A management system is a complement to the RQS. Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................... 1  1. Definition of a Management System .................................................... 4  2. Key Success Factors ......................................................................... 5  3. Benefits .......................................................................................... 6  4. Limitations.....

Traffic Light System

Traffic light inspection system is the most useful tools in garment quality inspection. This system is used to stop producing defect at source. This is a random inspection system. Traffic light system is more effective in controlling shop floor quality than other quality tools because of its visual communication. At the same time it measure operator’s performance level in quality. No operators like be presented themselves as lower quality makers. They concentrate on quality aspect during stitching garments. The format used for displaying as well as recording audit report. The format is very simple to use and to understand. The format is printed on a slightly thick sheet and hanged on the sewing machine. In this system quality auditor visit operator’s workplace 4 times in a day (considering 8 hours shift day) and inspects stitched garments and fill circles with color according to the inspection result. In the initial stage it instructed to inspect 7 pi...