Where AI Actually Earns Its Keep on a Garment Floor

AI in apparel is often pitched as a revolution. In practice, the wins are quieter — and far more practical.

Three workflows deliver consistent ROI today: AQL-pass machine-vision on finished garments, predictive shade-variation alerts at the cutting room, and demand-shaped capacity planning that smooths overtime.

The factories getting value are not the ones with the biggest models — they are the ones that have cleaned up their data discipline first.