GPQ Job Role in the Garments Industry

GPQ Job Role in the Garments Industry

What is GPQ?

GPQ means “Guideline for Production and Quality”; this term is valid in the garment manufacturing industry. A GPQ auditor plays a big role in the garment industry’s quality control and inspection. The GPQ auditor is fully involved in the final quality inspection of the room activities with the buying house QC. GPQ’s job role is actually working as a helping hand in buying a house QC. This article is about the GPQ Job Role in the Garments Industry.

GPQ is also considered a buyer representative in the Garments industry and works to maintain buyer-standard products. GPQ has the authority to inspect the product at any stage of garment manufacturing. GPQ job designations are GPQ, Senior GPQ, GPQ In-charge, and GPQ Manager. GPQ maintains and ensures an excellent business relationship with the factory Management as well as the buying house QC. So GPQ’s job role play is an important factor for the garment industry. A GPQ is capable of handling all quality control activities of the garments industry, most of the time staying in a QC inspection room.

GPQ Job Role in the Garments Industry

Key GPQ Job Role in the Garments Industry

  1. Conduct in-line inspection and assist the buyer representative in the Final inspection of the Factory.
  2. Handle and execute all PP Meetings and Pilot Run meetings
  3. Implement and follow up on customer requirements in every section
  4. In-line inspection of every lot of the sewing and finishing section.
  5. Check and ensure the pattern size and confirm it for bulk production according to the buyer’s instructions.
  6. Communicate with the fabric department regarding the fabric quality and assist the fabric QA to ensure online quality control of the fabric.   
  7. Approve the fabric and all accessories for the final bulk production.
  8. Rectify the sewing defect and ensure the accurate shape and design of the product as per the client’s requirement.
  9. Checking out all the accessories in-house for bulk production.
  10. Check the fitting of the garment as per the buyer’s measurement chart.
  11. Checking and matching the accessories such as sewing threads, buttons, care labels, size labels, main labels, photo board postbags, etc., comparing with a trim card as per customer requirements.
  12. Maintain all work and reports of buying house QC, work on behalf of buying house QC.
  13. GPQ does PP meetings, pilot run meetings, sewing inline, finishing inline, and final inspection as a substitute or assistance of buyer QC.
  14. GPQ checks garment products using all quality criteria and fills up all QC inspection checklists.
  15. GPQ bears special authority about any quality issue by buyer QC, in the absence of buyer QC. So a GPQ is a good decision-maker in any quality parameters of the garment industry.

The works list that GPQ does directly in their daily routine

  1. PP meeting
  2. Pilot Run Meeting
  3. Measurement check of PP and Pilot run, involved in the pattern correction process.
  4. Sewing Inline Inspection
  5. Finishing Inline Inspection
  6. Pre-final Inspection
  7. Final Inspection
  8. Sample inspection

GPQ job in the Garments industry

Fresh resume/ CV not accepted in GPQ job, must be experienced in the quality control field, experience in sewing quality control is preferable, but finishing QC can also join the GPQ team. In Bangladesh’s garments sector, from a GPQ auditor to a GPQ manager job designation is available for work. A career as a GPQ personnel is not bad for any who is involved with the garments QC team.

In the garments industry, the GPQ (Guideline for Production and Quality) job role is crucial for ensuring that products meet quality standards and customer expectations. The GPQ professional is responsible for overseeing the quality control processes throughout the production cycle, from raw materials to finished goods, especially the final quality inspection.