The growth in the industry might be due to many reasons. It might be because of inefficiency of our competitors, some changes in social environment, changes in the policies of the government, shortage of certain commodities due to improper planning or implementation of plans, etc. The garment industries in USA and Europe are presently facing many problems  and are almost on the verge of closing. Research are rapid increases in wages, non-availability of qualified and skilled workers and monotonous work environment in the garment industry. The efforts made to reduce expenses could not be help to compete because of  cheap availability of labour in developing countries of Asia and South America. The garment industry hence shifted to Asian Countries as Asia has an advantage of skilled artisans at low wages.

The industry scenario is changing. A number of new project are coming up. Thanks to the initiatives in IT and BT. All the new ventures must introduce the concept of Quality Management Systems  so that quality of product is maintained, while cost of production is kept at minimum. This also holds good for existing small scale cottage industries as well as big industries.

In this book an attempt is made to give brief insight to various Quality Management Systems and how the same could be adopted in the garment industry.  This learning materials is intended for managerial and technical staff working in Garment industry and students in Textiles and Garments Technology. It is hoped that this book will be quite useful for technical staff working in Garment industries to monitor and maintain the quality of the products before being shipped.