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Quality Assurance Facts
- QA tested over 300 sets of pots/pans in 2005 (~6 per week).
- QA drop tested over 190 dinnerware items in 2005.
- QA takes a walk on ~40 treadmills every year.
- QA played with over 100 toys in 2005, including 25 remote controlled
cars, planes, boats, and hovercrafts.
- QA fit 583 sheet and comforter sets in 2005.
- QA put its best paw forward when testing 151 pet items, including
the fitting of pet clothes and bathing/brushing on our own QA Pets.
- QA "cleaned up" when testing 80 vacuums in 2005.
- QA put on its holiday spirit when testing 199 Holiday items including
Christmas trees, lights and decorations.
- QA measured up in 2005, measuring 5,045 garments
- QA performed on-site product quality inspections in vendor factories
and warehouses for 3,348 PO's
- QA keeps it clean by washing 2,232 garments, using nearly 200
pounds of detergent in 2005
- QA sent out 547 garments to a local drycleaner in 2005
- QA sent 192 leather and suede garments to a professional leather
cleaner in 2005
- Jewelry QA evaluated over 8000 different jewelry items in 2005
- QA tried on over 2300 different styles of rings
- QA looked at 470 different pieces of diamond jewelry
- QA evaluated over 1600 gold necklaces and bracelets, which represents
over 15 pounds of gold.
- 2 professional QA fit models tried on over 5,200 garments in
2005, equating to 2,600 per model
- QA rejected approximately 320 items in 2005
- QA required vendors to rework and resubmit approximately 16,000
items via corrective action reports
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