What is a Red Tag Sample?
A sample with a red tag is an identification of a sample that the buyer had approved and sealed that particular sample for production. A sealed sample means approved garment construction and approved trims attached to the garment. Receiving a Red tag sample from the buyer is the approval for the production go-ahead to the factory.
Buyers attach coloured tags to approved samples and send them back to the suppliers. A buyer uses different colour tags for different sample types, like a Green tag is used for Size set samples and Red Tag is used for PP samples (Pre-Production samples). Once attached these tags can not be removed easily from the sample garment.
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| Sealed sample with Red Tag |
Use of Red Tags in garment samples:
The tag is attached to a sample (some buyers also include comment sheets) so that suppliers can not replace sealed samples or can not show any other garments as approved samples. Tags are attached to the sample to ensure that no unapproved sample is referred to in production.
Secondly, a Red Tag as shown in the above image helps merchandisers, production team and quality personnel to identify easily the correct sealed sample for production from other samples of the same style. If there is any confusion related to garment construction at the time of production, the production department just refers to the Red tag sealed sample.
At the time of quality inspection, buyer representative refers to the sealed sample and buyers comments on that sample. Shipment inspection is done based on the sealed sample.Note: The colour coding definition for the tags may vary from buyer to buyer.
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