1. Button Control Procedures
All Plastic / poly buttons must meet the following minimum performance requirements:
Two Hole
Two or Four Hole
Ligne Size
<14
14-21
≥22
Minimum Thickness.
1.65mm/0.065in
1.65mm/0.0625in
2.0mm/0.0750in.
Center / Breaking Strength
20.2 LBS
/ 10 SEC

2. Button quality Check
Factory has a assigned Trims inspection team , they doing the check to ensure
the buttons quality as 10% of Every style, lot and consignment wise and make
sure in house button match with approval & strictly check below points ;
Any metal fragments available at button hole?
Button ligne match with requirements
Button hole clear or broken or sharp
Button color
Button thickness
Button Broken
Button need to pass thru double head needle detector machine to make sure button are metal free.

3. Machine adjustment
Before attach button Factory has to adjusted by lockstitch button machine , not by hand or another type of machine stitch. Vendor must clean button attachment machines on a daily basis to avoid any fluff, which could snag the thread and cause missing stitches/passes. Machine bobbin must be clean and make sure thread are smoothly run off within bobbin. Thread must be used as customer’s requirements and needle size must be correct . i.e. 11 and 14 are best for button attachment. After Machine adjustment by Mechanics , Quality In charge issue a approved standard working guideline in front of machine including all necessary information such as using tonal thread thread shade actual button , fabrics and needle size & instructions such as rabit ear must be visible and PSO must be check as below check list daily basis ;
- Complete 2 " Rabbit Ear"
-Complete Stitch Pattern
Vendor :
Factory:
Model No. /
Operator :
Machine No. :
PSO:
Date :
Style No. :
Stitch Density (Nos. of
stitches) :
Time
Complete 2 "Rabbit Ear"
Complete Stitch Pattern (Cross or Parallel stitches)
The initial refilled
& ending of
bobbin thread
record
Output
TOTAL Defective
Action Taken
Nos. Of Button

4. Bulk Production
Before start production operator should be make mock-up by similar layer (button attaching position) and button attach into mock-up and Safety officer do pull test when button pull test are meet 20.2 LBS / 10 sec then he will allows to start bulk production.
During button attach when bobbin will end and after bobbin re-fulfill then ist button must be attach into mock-up and last attach button by this particular bobbin those button must remove and newly attach button again.

5. initial refilled of each
Button Pull Test
Factory assigned Product safety officer and team are responsible to do
button pull test .
Carter’s button pull test requirements 20.2 LBS / 10 SEC
Every two hours PSO doing button pull test and keep records accordingly .
Vendor :
Factory:
Model No. :
Machine No.:
Operator :
Date :
Style No. :
Stitch Density (Nos. of Stitches) :
Button attached for
initial refilled of each
initial refilled of
bobbin
each bobbin
Time: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Vendor :
Factory:
Model No. :
Machine No.:
Operator :
Date :
Style No. :
Stitch Density (Nos. of Stitches) : 16
Button attached for
initial refilled of each
initial refilled of
bobbin
each bobbin
Time: 10.30AM
Time: 1.00PM
Time: 1 2 3 4
Button attached for
initial refilled of each
initial refilled of
bobbin
each bobbin
Time: 9 10 11 12

6. Quality Check after button attach
Factory assigned two QA to do check 100% button after attaching and strictly follow below points ;
Tonal Thread using or not
Button half stitch
Two rabbit ear
Lock stitch at button attach
16 stitch for 4 ligner button
Broken button
Button sharpness
QA keep records accordingly.