by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Jan 21, 2026 | Product Inspections, Quality Control
You’ve experienced a quality failure in China or are trying to prevent one. To eliminate risk, you consider hiring an inspection company to help you check every unit, piece by piece, before your goods ship. On paper, a piece-by-piece inspection (also called a ‘100%’...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Jan 5, 2026 | Supply Chain Management
In modern supply chains, yesterday’s compliant product can quietly become today’s liability. Most quality failures don’t come from one obvious mistake, but from small changes that stack up over time—material substitutions, skipped tests, or assumptions that nothing...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Nov 18, 2025 | Product Inspections, Quality Control
You’re thousands of miles away from your manufacturer in China, and your goods are in production. You can’t see what’s happening on the factory floor, but your supplier assures you everything is completely fine and the products you ordered will absolutely meet your...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Jul 31, 2025 | AQL, Product Inspections, Quality Control
When you import goods from overseas, you need them to meet your specifications as accurately as possible. You also need them to meet all health and safety requirements and be acceptable to your customers. One way to help ensure product quality is to carry out...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Jul 2, 2025 | Quality Control
If you’ve developed a product and want to get it into the hands of consumers, you need to learn how to manage product quality and compliance. You may have heard the terms ‘product inspection’ and ‘product testing’ thrown around and been unsure whether they were the...