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Quality Control: 
Product Inspections in China

We help you to inspect your products in China

Types of Inspections & Pricing

PPI

Pre-Production Inspection

We visit and inspect the factory before you place an order. The PPI is a factory audit to evaluate the factory and its abilities to ensure you have a suitable partner on hand.

$ 399.00​
​/ Inspection man-day

  •  Factory Audit on site
  •  Full Report with all Findings
  •   Incl. Legal Risk Analysis
For all inspection location outside Guangdong travel expenses will apply.

FAI ​

First Article Inspection

You will send a sample or the first product of the production line to our office in Guangzhou. We will then review this product and issue a report with our findings.

​ ​​$ 99.00
​​/ Product Sample and Report
  •  Product Review in our Office
  •  Detailed Review and Testing
  •   Full Report with all Findings
Pricing is excluding delivery or forwarding cost of the sample.

PSC

Pre-Shipment Check

We check and evaluate the finished products of your order on factory site. The PSC is what we typically refer to as a standard product inspection.

​$ 399.00
/ Inspection​ man-day
  •  Quality Control on site
  •  Testing according to AQL
  •  Full Report with all Findings
  •  >100 images shared
For all inspection location outside Guangdong travel expenses will apply.

CLC

Container Loading Check

We attend and supervise the loading of your goods and document the entire process. This does not include any type of consolidation services by our warehouse.

​$ 199.00
/ Container Loading
  •  Professional Supervision
  •  Container Loading Report
  •  Full Video of the entire Loading
For all loading location outside Guangdong travel expenses will apply.​

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Testing Approach according to Acceptable Quality Limit (AQL)


AQL stands for acceptable quality limit. It is a industry standard for quality inspections to determine whether the quality of a production batch is considered acceptable or not.

To put it into a nutshell: Inspectors select a defined sample size, classify defects as critical, major or minor, and compare the number of defects found against the allowed limits in the AQL table. If defects stay within those limits, the shipment passes; if they exceed them, it fails.

Here is an example of a AQL table:

Inspection levels decide how many samples you check:

  • GI (General Inspection I) = small sample size
  • GII (General Inspection II) = medium sample size
  • GIII (General Inspection III) = large sample size

So the final choice of the inspection level really depends on the order scope and quantity.

This one is a tricky question.
If we are only engaged with the quality inspection, we will report all of our findings to you. We will also submit an extensive report showing all defects and concerns, as well as a shared folder with all images we took. We surely also communicate all defects and concerns also to the manufacturer, so that they can pro-actively repair and fix these issues, or even replace parts or products. Our job typically ends there.
However, if requested we can also engage in the order and communicate with the factory on your behalf to find solutions for any issues.