For apparel QA teams standardizing on checklists

Garment inspection checklist software your inspectors will actually use.

Build reusable garment inspection checklists once per buyer or per style, then log against them from the factory floor — offline, with photos, on the same phone your inspector already carries.

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Garment inspection checklist software replaces the printed checklist an inspector carries onto the apparel factory floor with a reusable, versioned template that captures results, photos and comments as they work. QualityIris lets you build one checklist per buyer or per garment style, assigns it to every matching PO automatically, records each item offline with an accountable owner and timestamp, and rolls the completed checklist straight into the signed inspection report — with no retyping.

Reusable per-buyer checklists

Model, workmanship, packing, labelling and carton checks — versioned per buyer or per apparel style, applied automatically on the factory floor.

Offline-first checklist capture

Inspectors tick, photograph and comment on garment checklist items with no signal. Everything queues locally and syncs on reconnect.

N/A is a valid answer

Items marked N/A count as reviewed — no gaming the completion score by skipping. Every checklist row has an accountable owner and a timestamp.

From template to signed report, without retyping

The point of checklist software is not the checklist. It is that the thing the inspector ticks on the garment floor and the thing the buyer reads in the PDF are the same record, so nothing is transcribed, summarised or quietly lost between them.

How a garment inspection checklist moves through QualityIris
Stage	What happens
Build	Create a checklist template once — sections, items, and pass/fail thresholds per section.
Assign	Attach it to a buyer or an apparel style. Every matching PO inherits it automatically.
Capture	The inspector works through it offline, adding photos and comments per item.
Score	Section thresholds are enforced as the inspector goes — workmanship 95%, packing 100%, whatever you set.
Report	The completed checklist flows into the signed garment inspection PDF with the defects and signatures.

Customizable templates, with a standard fallback

Inline inspections and final audits both run on customizable checklists in QualityIris, so a buying office enforcing its own garment standard is not forced into somebody else's list.

When no template has been chosen, a final audit silently falls back to the standard 27-item apparel checklist covering workmanship, measurement, labelling, packing and carton checks. That keeps historical audits readable and means a new inspector is never blocked waiting for someone to configure a template first.

Versioned per buyer or style Change a template and future apparel POs pick it up. Audits already signed keep the checklist they were run against, so the evidence trail stays intact.
N/A counts as reviewed Marking an item not applicable is a deliberate answer with an owner and a timestamp — it does not inflate the completion score the way a skipped row would.
Import what you already use Paste an existing garment inspection checklist in as CSV or PDF and QualityIris structures it into reusable items rather than making you retype it.

What to look for in garment inspection checklist software

Offline capture, including photos A checklist that needs signal is a checklist that gets filled in from memory in the car afterwards. Photos are the part that usually breaks first.
Per-buyer templates, not one global list Apparel buyers do not agree on what to check. If every PO runs the same list, you are inspecting to the loosest common standard.
Scoring you control Section-level pass/fail thresholds turn a checklist from a record into a gate. Check they are configurable rather than fixed by the vendor.
The checklist reaches the buyer If completed items do not appear in the report the buyer receives, the checklist is internal paperwork rather than evidence.

No setup fees. No tiers. No credit card.

$69 per active inspector per month, or $690 per year. Buyer and factory accounts included. Cancel any time — export your data as PDF or CSV whenever you like.

Unlimited buyers & factories
Offline-first inline capture
Iris AI-drafted CAPs
ISO 15416 barcode grading

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Frequently asked

Can I have different checklists per buyer?

Yes. Each buyer gets its own garment inspection checklist template, and each apparel PO auto-inherits the right one. Change the template, all future POs pick it up.

Do inspectors need to be online?

No. The whole checklist flow — including photos — is offline-first. It syncs the moment the inspector walks back to Wi-Fi.

Can I import existing checklists?

Yes. Paste in your existing garment inspection checklist as a CSV or PDF and QualityIris will structure it into reusable items.

What about custom pass/fail scoring?

Configure pass/fail thresholds per checklist section — e.g. workmanship 95%, packing 100% — and the app enforces them on every apparel audit.

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