Research Article
Effects of Physical Sample Approval Practice on Performance and Competitiveness of Export-Oriented Garment Industries in Ethiopia
Table 1
Company A, date-wise sample approval data taken from five different orders.
| Order no. | Photo sample | Size set sample | Preproduction sample | Production sample | Shipment sample | Sending date | Approved date | Sending date | Approved date | Sending date | Approved date | Sending date | Approved date | Sending date | Approved date |
| 1 | 12/02/2019 | 02/03/2019 | 06/03/2019 | 24/03/2019 | 28/03/2019 | 19/04/2019 | 25/04/2019 | 20/05/2019 | 29/06/2019 | 15/07/2019 | 2 | 09/04/2019 | 30/04/2019 | 03/05/2019 | 22/05/2019 | 25/05/2019 | 06/06/2019 | 09/06/2019 | 21/06/2019 | 10/08/2019 | 29/08/2019 | 3 | 05/02/2019 | 01/03/2019 | 06/03/2019 | 28/03/2019 | 03/04/2019 | 25/04/2019 | 01/05/2019 | 20/05/2019 | 13/06/2019 | 27/06/2019 | 4 | 06/06/2019 | 02/07/2019 | 06/07/2019 | 28/07/2019 | 05/08/2019 | 27/08/2019 | 02/09/208 | 23/09/2019 | 24/10/2019 | 01/11/2019 | 5 | 21/07/2019 | 29/08/2019 | 03/09/2019 | 30/09/2019 | 05/10/2019 | 23/10/2019 | 28/10/2019 | 24/11/2019 | 18/12/2019 | 30/12/2019 | Mean | 26 days | 22 days | 19 days | 21 days | 14 days | Total lead time in days = 102 |
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