In general, there are 4 types of quality inspections that can be carried out during the production process.

1. Pre-Production Inspection

2. During-Production Inspection

3. Final-Random Inspection

4. Container-Loading Inspection

When you first place an order at a factory, it is recommended to carry out at least these 4 types of quality inspections during the production process, to make sure there is full control on the production. This makes it possible that during every step in the production process, problems can be detected quickly and action can be taken immediately to solve them.

After you gained trust in your customer over time, you could consider to only carry out an inspection at the final stage of production and/or during the loading of the container.

Every order has different quantities which can differ from a couple of hundred to more than five hundred thousand. To make sure you will get an accurate reflection of the quality, most quality inspections are carried out based on an AQL.

‘AQL‘ stands for ‘Acceptance Quality Limit‘, and is defined as the “quality level that is the worst tolerable” in ISO 2859-1. It represents the maximum number of defective units, beyond which a batch is rejected. Importers usually set different AQLs for critical, major, and minor defects.
You can use an AQL Calculator to check how many samples should be picked and inspected.

Sometimes, when you place your first order at a factory, it is recommended to check 100% of the products to be sure you have a complete reflection of the quality.

It is commonly known that suppliers are not always careful when loading the container.

That is why we recommend to make a container loading plan for every order with your suppliers, to make sure they will load the container as efficient as possible and to ensure that all products are loaded securely and carefully. We help to make sure the packaging of the products is safe, and the needed protection materials are being used to prevent products from damaging.

If a potential supplier tells you they have certain certificates concerning your field of business, it is always recommended to check the authenticy of these certificates.

It often occurs that suppliers photo shop certificates and licenses because they are not willing to invest time and money in the process of getting the right certificates and licenses.

We have good connections with the competent authorities to check whether the certificates provided by your potential supplier are correct and authentic.  

Yes. We work together with fulfilment centres in Europe that can help you to take care of sending your products from the factory to your customer.