Effects of Physical Sample Approval Practice on Performance and Competitiveness of Export-Oriented Garment Industries in Ethiopia

Table 3

Company C, 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	21/03/2019	15/04/2019	20/04/2019	20/05/2019	28/05/2019	19/06/2019	24/06/2019	14/07/2019	30/08/2019	19/09/2019
2	01/07/2019	24/07/2019	01/08/2019	22/08/2019	27/08/2019	21/09/2019	29/09/2019	21/10/2019	10/11/2019	29/11/2019
3	18/03/2019	13/04/2019	18/04/2019	25/05/2019	04/05/2019	23/05/2019	30/05/2019	24/06/2019	02/08/2019	21/08/2019
4	07/07/2019	26/07/2019	05/08/2019	22/08/2019	12/09/2019	27/09/2019	01/10/2019	19/10/2019	13/11/2019	20/11/2019
5	04/08/2019	01/09/2019	08/09/2019	25/09/2019	02/10/2019	23/10/2019	29/10/2019	19/11/2019	01/12/2019	18/12/2019
Mean	24 days		24 days		20 days		21 days		16 days
Total lead time in days = 105 days