True or false one key disadvantage of the contractor system of apparel production is lack of quality control?

The question seems a little vague or simply needs more context added.





However, if you are questioning the potential issues that come with an organization purchasing from suppliers, then the answer is usually FALSE!





Anytime any organization deals with suppliers or the production of some item or service (think of software programming - there are always bugs due to lack of communications), then there is a large potential for the item/service being provided to not meet the requirements. This is due to any number of reasons, the least of which is usually ';quality'; based in and of itself.





The largest impact is the communication process between the organization and its suppliers. Now you could call this a lack of quality communication, however, most people fail to see it that way.





Any supplier can demonstrate some level of quality control for what they produce. The real question is how well those quality control processes or procedures actually meet the customer requirements which is usually a breakdown in communicating what is needed by the customer (at least in production companies).





One of the sources below mentions the Ford SQI experiment. One of the outcomes of that effort was the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) supplier manual entitled: Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP). This book is all about how companies and suppliers need to work together prior to production to ensure good quality products are delivered during normal production cycles.





So if a professor in school is asking your question, I would say False due to my real life activities in industry and any number of articles that you can find at ASQ, Quality Digest, Quality Magazine and other sources of information. With that said, I am sure that you can always find a few examples of failure due to lack of quality control, however, even in those situations, I would still content that the root cause was lack of communication versus pure lack of quality.





You may also want to look into the Quality Management System (QMS) stuff at ISO. It always seems to come back to communication between the organization and its suppliers.True or false one key disadvantage of the contractor system of apparel production is lack of quality control?
True. It's always better to build quality into the design and manufacture rather than merely ';inspecting it in'; at the end stage. It's often necessary to station your own inspector at the contractor's site in order to remedy problems ASAP.