For buying houses and sourcing agents
Fabric inspection software for buying houses: every supplier, one scorecard
A buying house answers to overseas buyers for fabric it does not make. Fabric Inspection Software gives sourcing and QA teams one view of fabric quality across factories and mills: each buyer's standard and sampling plan in one library, inspections from every unit, and graded supplier scorecards with trends.
What does a buying house see?
Supplier scorecards
Every mill graded A–D with a score, pass rate and its monthly trend line, average points, claims raised and recovered, length shortage and check failures. Exported as CSV or through the API.
One library of buyer standards
Each overseas buyer's scoring system, limits, hole rule, tolerances, shade ΔE band, sampling plan and report options, applied the same way in every factory.
Reports the buyer can open
Roll, lot and PO reports as expiring read-only links with a print / save-as-PDF version, sent by hand or automatically by email or WhatsApp.
Trace a complaint back
From a finished roll to its greige roll, processor and mill, with process steps, inspection results and photos at each stage.
How are suppliers scored?
The scorecard is built only from inspection records in your workspace. For each mill it counts rolls inspected in the last three, six or twelve months, the share that passed and how that share moved month by month, the average points per 100 sq yd for 4-point and Graniteville rolls, the value of debit notes raised and recovered, the length shortage measured against mill tickets, and the share of bow, skew and width checks that failed. The score weights pass rate at 70 % and the two checks at 15 % each, leaving out parts with no data, and grades the mill A to D. Merchandisers use it when deciding where the next order goes.
How do inspections from many factories come together?
Each factory or supplier floor is a unit in the same workspace, with its own tablets and inspectors. Inspections sync from each tablet, offline logging covers sites with weak network, and dashboards show lot status, failure rates and pending claims across units. Buyer standards are shared, so a 28-point knitwear limit or a 10-point woven rule means the same thing in Tirupur and in Ludhiana.
What is live today and what is planned?
Scorecards with trends, the buyer standards library with sampling plans, automatic report sending and expiring read-only links are live. A buyer-facing portal, single sign-on and white-label reports are planned or set up on request for the Group plan; until then, buyers open reports through links. We do not provide inspectors or audits: third-party agencies such as QIMA do that, and some buying houses use both. See the comparison with Inspectorio, QIMAone and others for where each fits.
How is a buying house priced?
Buying houses and groups with many units or suppliers use the custom Group plan: unlimited inspectors, units and suppliers, a dashboard across factories and mills, and a dedicated success manager. Smaller sourcing teams often start on the Exporter plan at ₹14,999 a month for 3 units. See pricing, read how mills grade their own output, or connect the scorecard to your systems through the API.
Questions from buying houses
How does a buying house use fabric inspection software?
To see fabric quality across many suppliers in one place. Fabric Inspection Software ranks every mill with a graded scorecard and monthly trend, holds each overseas buyer's standard, sampling plan and scoring system, and shares expiring read-only reports the buyer's QA can open without an account.
What does the supplier scorecard measure?
Rolls inspected, pass rate and its trend by month, average points per 100 sq yd, debit-note value and amount recovered, length shortage and bow, skew and width failures, graded A to D. It is built only from your own inspection records and exports as CSV or through the API.
Can our buyer see reports without logging in?
Yes, through read-only report links that expire when you choose, or are disabled at any time. Reports can also be sent automatically by email or WhatsApp per buyer. A buyer-facing portal and single sign-on are planned for the Group plan; links are what is live today.
Can inspectors at supplier factories use it?
Yes, if they work inside your workspace: each unit or supplier floor can be a branch with its own tablets and inspectors, and offline logging covers poor network on site. Pricing for many units and suppliers is on the custom Group plan.
Does it replace third-party inspection services?
No. Agencies such as QIMA provide inspectors and audits; Fabric Inspection Software is the tool your own or your suppliers' inspectors use for every-roll fabric grading. Some buying houses use both: agency audits for garments, the app for fabric.
Inspect the first roll the same day
We load your defect master, buyer limits and report layout, then train your inspectors on the floor in Tirupur, Surat or Ludhiana, or over a video call. 14-day pilot, no card. Plans start at ₹4,999 a month with unlimited rolls, and every result follows the ASTM D5430 4-point rules and your buyer's own limit.