by Billy Miner, Andy Church | May 29, 2024 | AQL, Product Inspections, Quality Control, Video
How to Use the AQL Inspection Levels (General & Special) To achieve optimal results in your quality inspections, you must grasp the concept of Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) sampling, particularly the inspection levels. A thorough understanding of inspection...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | May 16, 2024 | Product Inspections, Quality Control
Ensuring product quality is paramount when sourcing products from emerging markets like China, Vietnam, or Turkey. Pre-shipment inspections, a proven quality control procedure, help you achieve good quality and instill confidence in your import process. Consider this...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Mar 25, 2024 | Product Inspections, Quality Control, Video
Quality Inspection Checklists: How to Create Them When you sell consumer products in the US or European market, working with manufacturers in low-cost countries can be fear-inducing. The possibility that you might randomly receive a shipment of substandard or unsafe...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Jan 12, 2024 | AQL, Product Inspections, Quality Control
AQL stands for ‘Acceptance Quality Limit,’ and it’s an essential sampling method used in quality control. It’s defined in ISO 2859-1 as “The quality level that is the worst tolerable” over the course of many inspections. When an inspector goes to your manufacturer to...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Jan 5, 2024 | Supply Chain Management
As we begin a new year, many importers are taking a hard look at their supply chains to determine what works and what doesn’t. We are in a time when many unknowns exist throughout the world due to the global economy and political landscape. With upcoming elections in...
