Monday, December 3, 2018

Should you inspect during production or before shipment?

Final random inspection


Inexperienced importers usually ask the same questions, one of which is: when should we inspect the quality of our products?
There are mainly two types of inspections:
Inspection during production: very useful to catch problems early, when corrective actions can still be implemented and schedules can be updated. It should target the main risks identified by the buyer:
Different times for inspections
Final inspection (after packing): the bare minimum for most productions. The only time an inspector can pick up samples totally at random. The timing is virtually always the same:
Final random inspection

My friend Andrew Reich from InTouch just published a useful infographic that captures all these nuances (click on the image to enlarge it):
inspections during or after production
Is something missing? What do you think?

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