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The Textile Sampling Process Explained

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An Indian export house's ground-level account of how many sample rounds are normal and what each one is actually checking for.

  • Names each sampling stage and its purpose
  • Written by a practising Indian export house
  • Helps you spot when you're adding unnecessary rounds
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It answers 3 questions

  1. How do I actually go from a rough idea to a working prototype?
  2. How many sample rounds should I go through before approving a design for production?
  3. How many rounds of samples should I expect before something's actually production-ready?

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