OQA Aims to Help Companies Keep Quality in Fashion Ella Barr Launches Overseas Quality Assurance (OQA) to Bring Her More Than 35 Years of Experience in all Facets of Manufacturing and Quality Control to Leading Companies in the Fashion Industry

    MARINA DEL REY, CA, January 31, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ella Barr has been responsible for the quality control and production of more than 15 lines sold in major retail outlets such as Wal-Mart and also in high-end retailers such as Neiman Marcus. In the process, she has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Africa and Asia to manage and oversee the production of numerous well known product lines. Over the course of her career, Ella has trained and supervised field inspectors and sourced domestic and overseas manufacturers contributing to over $500 million in sales revenues.

So what is next for such an accomplished professional? For Ella, next is the opening of OQA, a company where she can bring her hands-on expertise in first sample production, size specification, technical design, and inspection procedure design.

OQA' s mission statement indicates that the Company's goal is to ensure that the garments manufactured by OQA clients are fit for their specific purposes and that those garments meet all client and customer expectations. OQA's quality assurance managers coordinate all activities required to meet that goal. OQA consultants have years of experience and provide a seamless extension to a client's internal systems.

OQA professionals monitor a client's quality control system performance and provide the client with advice on how to improve their manufacturing processes. OQA consultants work closely with the management and staff of a client's manufacturing organization to ensure that the client's quality control systems are functioning properly. When needed, OQA managers will advise a client on the implementation of changes to provide the proper techniques, tools, and training to enable a client to independently achieve the quality standards that the client aims to attain.

Since the maintenance of quality requires that a client constantly meet their customers' evolving expectations, OQA quality assurance managers employ a wide variety of measures so that quality can always be guaranteed at the core of a client's final products.

Finally, OQA gathers relevant data and reports to client executives so that impact of OQA on operations is documented quantitatively. Prior to founding OQA, Ella Barr had an established history of saving time, money, resources and energy at all of the companies for which she has worked. When asked about her experience working with Ella Barr, Judy Hoffmeier Light, the owner and President of JD Light International, an agent for manufacturers and retailers in the U. S. and the U. K, said: We've worked with Ella in several different countries in the Middle East. I have found her to be energetic, knowledgeable and involved. She jumps right in and works with the factory to solve the problem to the satisfaction of all parties.

Regardless of the country, language has never been a barrier, with her hands on attitude; Ella will sit w/ the factory workers on the floor and show them how to do what is needed! David Meister of the Kellwood Group, a designer of fashions which are sold at stores such as Niemann Marcus, echoed Judy's remarks about Ella: Ella Barr is a joy to work with. She has the unique combination of technical expertise, great people skills and a much attuned eye for fashion. She truly is unique with her passion and talent for what she does. Now companies throughout the fashion industry can have access to the talents of Ella and her colleagues on a flexible basis. This isn't an unskilled temp-to-hire situation; this is not traditional contractor support. This is an extraordinary approach in order to meet the growing demands of globalization.

When a client works with OQA experts, results are delivered in short order without the headaches of long-term commitments. OQA experts leave when the project is complete, eliminating expensive obligations of long-term contracts. OQA clients get all the advantages of top notch quality assurance people, available at a moment's notice. To learn more, go to: http://overseasqualityassurance.com/

Media Contact: Ella Barr 310-827-9121

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