How Much Does Poor Quality Cost?
Gea Soft, a leading company in the design, development, and implementation of management software solutions for the Leather Goods and Footwear industries, answers this question with Gea Quality, a software system for quality management and control in the fashion industry.
Monitoring Processes Across the Entire Production Chain
Gea Quality is a system that enables real-time detection of any non-conformities with required standards and records them for statistical purposes during production. This helps prevent recurring defects, saving companies both time and money.
Real-Time Control Over the Entire Production
With Gea Quality, quality control shifts from subjective to objective. Typically, a single inspector monitoring production can only conduct sample checks on part of the goods—often after production is completed. Instead, Gea Quality enables continuous monitoring at any stage of the process and across the entire production line, allowing for the immediate identification and correction of defects and imperfections.
Production Process Checklist
In a standard production cycle, quality checks occur at different levels: on raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished goods. Gea Quality ensures quality control at each stage and allows for the creation of a checklist of necessary inspections. A barcode linked to a specific production order enables users to access the required checks and identify any non-conformities by capturing images of defects. Once recorded, these defects are added to an error database to prevent future occurrences.
For instance, if scratches on leather, glue stains, irregular stitching, or damaged accessories are found, the system allows users to notify the quality manager. In the case of repeated defects, statistical reports can be generated to take timely corrective action and prevent further production issues.
The fashion industry demands increasingly higher product quality, making it essential to have tools that standardize quality control procedures, record defects, and prevent their recurrence.
Simplifying and Optimizing Quality Control Operations
In the fashion industry, Gea Quality serves as a support tool for quality control operators, streamlining their tasks and enhancing their effectiveness.
Customizable and Easy-to-Install Software
Gea Quality is a fast and user-friendly system designed for use on both mobile capacitive devices such as tablets and smartphones, as well as fixed touchscreen monitors or standard desktop PCs.
The software does not require a physical server for installation and can be conveniently used via the Cloud. With just three training sessions, it can be seamlessly integrated into company production processes. Additionally, it is fully compatible with any existing management system.
Fully customizable, Gea Quality adapts to the needs of each individual company, facilitating communication between clients, suppliers, and analysts. If a new non-conformity is discovered during production, users can simply take a photo or video and upload it to the system. This data becomes part of the quality control documentation, allowing for proactive issue prevention in future production runs.
Detecting Non-Conformities at Every Stage of Production
Designed to meet the needs of small, medium, and large businesses, Gea Quality enables companies to detect and track non-conformities at every stage of the production cycle. By ensuring compliance with required quality standards, the software significantly improves business performance, work organization, production times, and costs.
It also enhances supplier relationships by preventing the use of defective or substandard raw materials. Most importantly, it ensures customer satisfaction by guaranteeing high-quality, defect-free products.
The continuous improvements achieved through Gea Quality translate into measurable economic savings—between 10% and 15% in the first year, up to 30% in the second year, and over 40% by the third year.
This is why Gea Quality is the ideal solution for companies in the manufacturing and fashion industries—offering only benefits and competitive advantages.