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How Halfdays saved $130k in returns errors with Factored Quality

Prior to working with Factored Quality, Halfdays didn’t have a quality control function — and their customers were paying the price. Today, the company has seen a sharp decrease in product defect reports and has calibrated their QC to ensure even the smallest details come out right every time.

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Background

Halfdays is a women's apparel brand on a mission to make the outdoors more approachable, inclusive, and fun. They specialize in size-inclusive, stress-tested technical gear for everything from skiing to summer hikes.

“We didn’t have any QC mechanisms in place, so we were finding problems with production at the customer level vs. knowing those things ahead of time — not the ideal feedback loop.”

Lindsey Kawamura

Head of Product Development & Production at Halfdays

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