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GL-OM-06 · Weekly Production Report (WPR) & Meetings

Scope​

Scope: Covers the end-to-end Weekly Production Report (WPR) and meeting process, including production status tracking, inspection planning, sample handover, weekly review, and follow-up actions.

Purpose: Ensures production plans, inspection schedules, approved samples, critical requirements, and changes are accurately reviewed, communicated, and aligned each week.

Owner: DMR owns and coordinates the Weekly Production Report (WPR) and meeting process, including cross-functional review, updates, and follow-up actions.

Applies to: Applies to FT, GT, PMR, QA, and relevant MR, factory, and Compliance personnel involved in production planning, inspection, and Pre-Production activities.

Requirements​

  1. R1 — PMR — The MR team reviews the WPR and verifies that the production site, production calendar and other information are progressing in line with the original plan

  2. R2 — QA — The Technical team prepares the following week's QA and factory inspection plan according to the production calendars received

  3. R3 — GT — The approved Gold Seal is provided to QA if Gold Seal is approved; otherwise the approved Red Seal sample is provided

    • Self manufacturers: one of the 5 samples is handed over to the QC at the factory.
    • Non-self manufacturers: the QC reviews it at the factory and it is sent to the office for the checks to be carried out by the fit and commercial teams.
  4. R4 — FT — The MR team hands over the approved bulk fabric, print and embroidery samples to the responsible QA by Monday

  5. R5 — QA — The inspection calendar is confirmed with the manufacturers and the availability of the approved samples is verified

  6. R6 — QA — Do not include products whose PP Meeting is not completed before Monday in that week's inspection calendar (QA staff must be at the factory at 09:00 on weekdays)

  7. R7 — PMR — If an unapproved production site is identified in the WPR, inform the Compliance team immediately and have an unannounced audit carried out; no production may be planned at an unapproved location

  8. R8 — PMR — Update the WPR in CRM by the manufacturers by 12:00 every Friday

  9. R9 — QA — Do not prepare pilot, Inline and Final inspection plans for orders with no WPR entry in CRM

  10. R10 — PMR — Send the WPR to the MR team by the manufacturers by 15:00 every Friday

  11. R11 — PMR — The WPR report is printed and compared with the styles going into production that week

  12. R12 — PMR — The MR, QA and GT teams review the styles together over the approved samples at the Monday weekly handover meeting

  13. R13 — QA — Customer comments, critical requirements, measurement method and points, shipment date/method and carton, packaging and labelling requirements are reviewed at the meeting

  14. R14 — PMR — Send a confirmation e-mail listing the meeting participants as evidence

  15. R15 — PMR — The MR team reviews the production calendar and forwards it to the Technical team

  16. R16 — PMR — Send a revised WPR if there is any change to the production calendar

Workflow​

PMR — The MR team reviews the WPR and verifies that the production site, production calendar and other information are progressing in line with the original plan
QA — The Technical team prepares the following week's QA and factory inspection plan according to the production calendars received
GT — The approved Gold Seal is provided to QA if Gold Seal is approved; otherwise the approved Red Seal sample is provided
FT — The MR team hands over the approved bulk fabric, print and embroidery samples to the responsible QA by Monday
QA — The inspection calendar is confirmed with the manufacturers and the availability of the approved samples is verified

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Tutorial​

This training video supports the Weekly Production Report (WPR) & Meetings process. It does not replace the numbered steps.

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Exam​

Exam for the Weekly Production Report (WPR) & Meetings process. Take it after you finish the process article, including the tutorial video.

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Pass mark 80%. 10 single-choice questions, one point each.

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Changelog​

Changelog
DateChanged byWhat changed
2026-10-12Order ManagementTraining video added and exam published. R3: "Gold self manufacturers" corrected to "Self manufacturers".
2026-09-30Order ManagementConverted from process to guideline (GL-OM-06).
2026-09-15Order ManagementAdded related process references.
2026-09-11Order ManagementArticle Added