āĻাāϰ্āĻŽেāύ্āĻāϏ āĻĢ্āϝাāĻ্āĻāϰিāϤে āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻিāĻŽেāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āĻŦ āĻāĻāĻি āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা। āĻāĻ āĻŦ্āϞāĻে āĻĨাāĻāĻে āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা, āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻŽ্āϝাāύেāĻāĻŽেāύ্āĻেāϰ āĻ্āϝাāϞেāĻ্āĻ, āĻāĻŦং āĻেāĻāϏāĻ āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ। (Conflict between production and quality teams is a common problem in garment factories. This blog will share real-life experiences, quality management challenges, and sustainable solutions.)
đˇ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা | Introduction
āĻাāϰ্āĻŽেāύ্āĻāϏ āĻāύ্āĻĄাāϏ্āĻ্āϰি āĻŦাংāϞাāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤিāϰ āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻাāϞিāĻা āĻļāĻ্āϤি। āĻāĻ āĻাāϤেāϰ āĻিāϤ āĻāĻ িāϤ āĻšā§েāĻে āĻĻুāĻি āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ: āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ (āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ) āĻāĻŦং āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি (āĻুāĻŖāĻāϤ āĻŽাāύ)। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦāϤাāϰ āύিāϰিāĻে āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻŦাāϰāĻŦাāϰ āĻāĻāĻি āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšāĻ—āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻŦাā§াāύোāϰ āĻাāĻĒে āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāύ āĻ্āώāϤিāĻ্āϰāϏ্āϤ āĻšā§, āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāύ āϧāϰে āϰাāĻāϤে āĻেāϞে āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻাāϰ্āĻেāĻ āĻĒূāϰāĻŖ āĻšā§ āύা। (The garment industry is one of the main driving forces of the Bangladeshi economy. The foundation of this sector is built on two important pillars: production and quality. But in reality, we repeatedly face a problem—the pressure to increase production leads to the loss of quality standards, while maintaining quality standards leads to the failure to meet production targets.)
āĻāĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āĻŦ āĻāĻāĻি āĻāϞāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦāϤা āϝা āĻļুāϧু āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻŽ্āϝাāύেāĻাāϰ āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻāύāĻাāϰ্āĻ āύā§, āĻŦāϰং āĻĒুāϰো āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāĻেāĻ āĻ্āώāϤিāĻ্āϰāϏ্āϤ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। (This conflict is an ongoing reality that can harm not only a quality manager or production in-charge, but the entire organization.)
đ ️ āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϰ |Real-life experience
āĻāĻŽাāϰ āĻĻেāĻা āĻŦেāĻļ āĻā§েāĻāĻি āĻাāϰ্āĻŽেāύ্āĻāϏ āĻĢ্āϝাāĻ্āĻāϰিāϤে āĻĻেāĻা āĻেāĻে (I have seen in several garment factories)
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āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻŦিāĻাāĻে AGM āĻŦা GM āĻĒāĻĻে āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻāĻেāύ। (In the production department, there is an AGM or GM in charge.)
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āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻŦিāĻাāĻে āĻļুāϧুāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻŽ্āϝাāύেāĻাāϰ āĻŦা āϤাāϰ āύিāĻেāϰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻŽāϰ্āϝাāĻĻাāϰ āĻāϰ্āĻŽীāϰা āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻāϰāĻেāύ। (But in the quality department, only a quality manager or employees of the rank below him are performing their duties.)
đ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻļুāϰু āĻšā§ āϤāĻāύ, āϝāĻāύ āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻ
āϰ্āĻāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻিāĻে āĻিāĻুāĻা āύāĻŽāύীāϝ় āĻāϰে āĻĻেāĻā§াāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļ āĻāϏে। āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ AGM/GM āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāϞেāύ (The problem starts when the order comes to make the quality a little flexible to achieve the production target. When the production AGM/GM says),
“āĻāĻ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻāϞāĻŦে, āĻĒাāϏ āĻāϰে āĻĻেāύ” | “This quality will work, pass it”—
āϤāĻāύ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻŽ্āϝাāύেāĻাāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϧাā§ āĻĒā§ে āϝাāύ। (then the quality manager hesitates.)
āϤিāύি āĻšā§āϤো āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ, “āĻি āϏ্āϝাāϰ”, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦে āϝāĻāύ āϏেāĻ āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻ্āĻ āĻĢাāĻāύাāϞ āĻāύāϏ্āĻĒেāĻāĻļāύ āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻāϰেāϰ āĻ
āĻĄিāĻে āĻāĻāĻে āϝাā§, āϤāĻāύ āĻাāĻ āĻā§াā§ āĻĻাঁā§াāϤে āĻšā§ āĻļুāϧু āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻিāĻŽāĻেāĻ। (He may have said, “Yes sir”, but in reality when that product gets stuck in the final inspection or external audit, only the quality team has to stand in the dock.)
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āĻĨāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻাā§েāϰ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϤাāϰ āĻāĻāĻ āĻিāϞ āύা। (However, the decision to discount the quality was not his alone.)
đ️ āĻŽুāĻে āĻŦāϞা āĻšā§ "Quality First", āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦে āĻšā§ "Production First"
āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻāύāĻĢাāϰেāύ্āϏ āϰুāĻŽে āĻ āύেāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻļুāύি(We often hear in conference rooms):
"Quality First, Then Production" | "āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻুāĻŖāĻŽাāύ, āϤাāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ"
āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāύāĻĢাāϰেāύ্āϏ āϰুāĻŽ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦেāϰ āĻšāϤেāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰ āĻĒাāϞ্āĻে āϝাā§ (But that mantra changed as soon as we left the conference room.):
"Production First, Quality Later" | "āĻāĻে āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ, āĻĒāϰে āĻুāĻŖāĻŽাāύ"
đ¯ āĻāĻ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻাāϰিāϤা āĻāϰ্āĻŽীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽাāĻে āĻŦিāĻ্āϰাāύ্āϤি āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻāϰে। āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻŦাā§াāύোāϰ āĻাāĻĒ āϝেāĻŽāύ āĻĄিāĻĒাāϰ্āĻāĻŽেāύ্āĻ āĻাāϰ্āĻেāĻāĻে āĻিāĻিā§ে āϰাāĻে, āϤেāĻŽāύি āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻ িāĻ āύা āĻĨাāĻāϞে āϏেāĻ āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻ্āϞাā§েāύ্āĻেāϰ āĻĻāϰāĻাā§ āĻĒৌঁāĻাāύোāϰ āĻāĻেāĻ āϰিāĻেāĻ্āĻ āĻšā§। (This duality creates confusion among employees. Just as the pressure to increase production keeps the department on target, if the quality is not right, the production is rejected before it reaches the client's door.)
❗ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻিāĻŽেāϰ āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦ āĻ্āϝাāϞেāĻ্āĻ |The real challenge of the quality team
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✅ āĻাāĻĒেāϰ āĻŽুāĻে āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻĒাāϏ āĻāϰাāύো āĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻĒেāĻļাāĻĻাāϰিāϤ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϏ। (Passing quality under pressure means compromising professionalism.)
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❌ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āϧāϰে āϰাāĻāϞে āĻŦāϞা āĻšā§ "āϏ্āϝাāϰ, āĻāϤ āĻĄিāϞে āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āϝাāĻ্āĻে āύা"। (If you maintain quality, you are told "Sir, production is not going to be delayed this much".)
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❌ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻĒাāϏ āĻāϰāϞে āĻĒāϰে āĻļুāύāϤে āĻšā§ "āĻে āĻাā§ āĻĻিāϞ?" | If you pass quality, you are later asked "Who let it go?"
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⚠️ āϤাāĻ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻিāĻŽ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ “āĻাāĻĄ়āϞে āĻĻোāώ, āĻāĻāĻে āϰাāĻāϞেāĻ āĻĻোāώ”—āĻāĻ āϏংāĻāĻে āĻোāĻে। (So the quality team always suffers from this crisis of "If you let it go, it's your fault, if you keep it, it's your fault.")
đ āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻŦāύাāĻŽ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি: āĻŽূāϞ āĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āĻŦ | Production vs. Quality: The Key Conflict
đ§ āϤাāĻšāϞে āϏāĻŽাāϧাāύ āĻোāĻĨাā§ (So where is the solution)?
✅ ā§§. āĻĒাāϰāϏ্āĻĒāϰিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύ āĻ āĻŦোāĻাāĻĒā§া | Mutual respect and understanding
āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি—āĻāϰা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āĻŦী āύāϝ়, āĻŦāϰং āĻĒāϰāϏ্āĻĒāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻĒূāϰāĻ। āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻŽাāύে āĻিāĻু āύāϝ় āϝāĻĻি āϏেāĻা āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻŽাāύে āύা āĻāϏে। (Production and quality are not rivals, but complement each other. Production means nothing if it does not mean quality.)
✅ ⧍. āĻāĻĒ āĻŽ্āϝাāύেāĻāĻŽেāύ্āĻেāϰ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা | Role of Top Management
āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āĻাāϰāϏাāĻŽ্āϝ āϤৈāϰিāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻĒ āĻŽ্āϝাāύেāĻāĻŽেāύ্āĻāĻে āĻāĻিāϤ (To create a good balance, top management should) —
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āĻŦাāϏ্āϤāĻŦ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤ āĻাāϰ্āĻেāĻ āύিāϰ্āϧাāϰāĻŖ (Set realistic targets)
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āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻিāϰ āĻāύāĻĒুāĻ āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻāύাā§ āϰেāĻে āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻেāĻāϞিāϏ্āĻ āĻ িāĻ āĻāϰা (Prepare production checklists taking into account quality inputs)
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āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻিāĻŽāĻে āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻĻেāĻā§া (Give decision-making freedom to the quality team)
✅ ā§Š. āϝৌāĻĨ āĻĄিāϏিāĻļāύ āĻŽেāĻিং | Joint Decision Making
āĻোāύো āĻুঁāĻিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻāϏ্āϝুāϤে āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻāĻāϏাāĻĨে āĻŦāϏে āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύিāϞে āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤীāϤে āĻĻোāώাāϰোāĻĒেāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ āĻāĻŽে āϝাā§। (When production and quality come together to make decisions on a risky quality issue, the chance of blame being assigned later is reduced.)
✅ ā§Ē. āĻĄāĻুāĻŽেāύ্āĻেāĻĄ āύিāϰ্āĻĻেāĻļāύা | Documented instructions
āϝে āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝেāϰ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻাā§ āĻĻেāĻā§া āĻšā§েāĻে, āϤা āϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦা āĻāĻŽেāĻāϞে āϰেāĻāϰ্āĻĄ āϰাāĻা āĻĻāϰāĻাāϰ—āϝাāϤে āĻāĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤে āύিāϰāĻĒেāĻ্āώ āĻŦিāĻাāϰ āĻāϰা āϝাā§। (A written or email record of the quality of the product for which a discount has been made should be kept so that an impartial judgment can be made in the future.)
✅ ā§Ģ. āϰেāĻুāϞাāϰ āĻ্āϰেāύিং | Regular Training
āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āĻিāĻŽāĻে āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āϏāĻেāϤāύāϤা āĻ āϰিāϏ্āĻ āĻŽ্āϝাāύেāĻāĻŽেāύ্āĻ āύিā§ে āύিā§āĻŽিāϤ āĻ্āϰেāύিং āĻĻেāĻā§া āĻĻāϰāĻাāϰ। (All teams need to be provided with regular training on quality awareness and risk management.)
đ āĻāĻĒāϏংāĻšাāϰ | Conclusion
"āĻļুāϧু āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ āĻĻিā§ে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ āĻিāĻে āĻĨাāĻে āύা, āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻļুāϧু āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻĻিā§েāĻ āĻিāĻে āĻĨাāĻা āϝাā§ āύা। āĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻā§েāϰ āϏুāώāĻŽ āĻŽিāϞāύেāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύেāϰ āĻেāĻāϏāĻ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦ।" ("An organization does not survive only with production, nor can it survive only with quality. Sustainable development of the organization is possible only in the balanced combination of these two.")
āĻāϰ্āĻŽীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāύ্āϤি, āĻ্āϞাā§েāύ্āĻেāϰ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻি, āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύেāϰ āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ্āϝাāϞু—āϏāĻŦāĻিāĻুāĻ āύিāϰ্āĻāϰ āĻāϰে āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻি āĻ āĻĒ্āϰোāĻĄাāĻāĻļāύ—āĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻি āĻŦিāĻাāĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻাāϰ āĻĒাāϰāϏ্āĻĒāϰিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύ āĻ āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤাāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ। (The mental peace of employees, client satisfaction, and the brand value of the organization—all depend on the mutual respect and cooperation between these two departments—quality and production.)
đŠ āĻāϏুāύ, āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻি āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύেāĻ āĻāĻĄ়ে āϤুāϞি āĻāĻ āĻিāĻŽ-āĻāϝ়াāϰ্āĻ āĻাāϞāĻাāϰ, āϝেāĻাāύে “āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύেāϰ āϏংāĻ্āϝাāĻ āĻĨাāĻāĻŦে, āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻোāϝ়াāϞিāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāύāĻ āĻĨাāĻāĻŦে।” (Let's build a team-work culture in every organization, where “there will be both the number of products and the quality standard.”)
đŖ āĻāĻĒāύি āĻি āĻ āĻ āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাāϰ āĻুāĻ্āϤāĻোāĻী (Are you a victim of this experience)?
āĻāĻŽেāύ্āĻে āĻাāύিā§ে āĻĻিāύ āĻāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤ, āĻļেā§াāϰ āĻāϰুāύ āĻĒোāϏ্āĻāĻি āϝাāϤে āĻ āύ্āϝāϰাāĻ āϏāĻেāϤāύ āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং āύিāĻেāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύে āϏāĻ িāĻ āĻাāϰāϏাāĻŽ্āϝ āĻāĻĄ়ে āϤুāϞāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। (Share your opinion in the comments, share the post so that others are aware and can create the right balance in their own organizations.)