{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/2026\/09\/12\/sampling-from-proto-to-seal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:00:00","slug":"sampling-from-proto-to-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/2026\/09\/12\/sampling-from-proto-to-seal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sampling timeline: from proto to seal sample"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-lead\">A realistic sampling plan is the cheapest insurance in apparel manufacturing. Ours runs 7-10 working days to a proto sample and roughly 21 days to a sealed sample, assuming the fabric is available.<\/p>\n<h2>The five samples<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Proto sample &#8211; confirms the idea, the silhouette and the construction method. Usually in substitute fabric.<\/li>\n<li>Fit sample &#8211; made in the actual bulk fabric, checked on a live fit model against the graded spec.<\/li>\n<li>Size set &#8211; one piece in each size, measured to catch grading errors before cutting.<\/li>\n<li>Pre-production sample &#8211; sewn on the bulk line with production trims and packaging.<\/li>\n<li>Seal sample &#8211; the signed reference that both the factory and the buyer keep for the whole order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Where the week goes<\/h2>\n<p>Almost always in lab dips and nominated trims. If a custom woven label needs three weeks, approving the proto before ordering it does not help. We run lab dips, trim development and pattern work in parallel from day one, and we say so in the sampling plan rather than quoting an optimistic linear timeline.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The fastest sampling schedule is the one that starts the slowest components first.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Every plan we issue has named approval owners on both sides. A sample waiting four days for a comment is a schedule slip that no production line can recover later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proto, fit, size set, pre-production and seal: what each sample is for, who approves it, and where programs usually lose a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[17,25,24],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sampling","tag-development","tag-lead-time","tag-sampling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zen.loku.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}