Pinky* said:
greetings from - the reality is, if theres big money involved, all morals go out the window. often buys will visit the factory or in this case sweatshop to see how the quality control is.
for high end items often a second quality check is done when they ship out and once again in the boutique. e.g. gucci boutiques/retailers/end seller are supposed to check their shipments and destroys any items with flaws.
it is possible to get high quality for a cheap price. you show workers how to make it with quality and they will do it. when your $10 would usually mean 1 hour of work on a bag, now for $10 you can get 7 hours worth of work done on a single item. thats why they're called sweatshops aren't they? unless you are paying them to still spend 1 hour on a bag and get 7 bags per $10 dollars, plus a bad work environment, then you would most likely be compromising quality.
Yes Pinky* you can teach them
But please remember some points:
1. The level of employees depends on how much you pay. That's difficult for you to teach bad employees. Good employees need to be paid more money. You have no time to teach a fresh when you are working for your case~~~ Don't forget the lead time~~ and your timetable~~!

You will find time is always not enough~!
What's more, I never never never seen Gucci or Levis's buyers stay in the factories, teach them "how to work".

You do not have so much time, cause you have to deal with many many cases at the same time! and those factories are in different places~!
What's more, you can't be a Mr "know all"! There is still a lot new things you don't know in this industry! You can't teach anyone~~~ My workmate has 15 years in knitting~~~ but he said " I'm still a learner in this".
The factory does not work for one case, one company. They often make producing plans in the very beginning, I mean: they can only give this case several weeks, then, work for another. Yes, of course, you can get compensations if they didn't finish the contracts, but, can you imagine " there will be no things in your shops"?~~
2. if your workers hate working~~~ you'll have problems, if they themselves don't work happily, what can you do?None likes working in a bad envoirment and low income level, "make your people happy working" can supply you good products. And that cost you money!
3. In fact, you have a lot of methods to reduce your costs, "pay fewer" is only one method, and I think that maybe really a stupid one. What about cost control and other ways?
4. the factories are not stupid guys``` if you pay a little little money~~~ they will not accept your orders at all. What about if someone accept your "SUPPER LOW" price?~~~~~ I think the one who can't sleep at all will be~~~ you.

They will reduce the costs in materials and other things, you can not control that at all.