Sample Approval Loop — Proto to Size-set

Learning objectives

• Know each sample stage and its purpose
• Reduce sample rounds

Steps

1. Proto
2. Fit sample
3. SMS
4. PP sample
5. Size-set
6. TOP sample

Factory example

A jacket that needed 4 fit rounds until the pattern room and merchandising agreed on measuring points.

Common mistakes

• Sending fit samples in wrong fabric
• No agreed POM baseline