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...
by Billy Miner, Andy Church | Dec 15, 2023 | Factory Audits, Quality Assurance
As an importer, you expect your suppliers to meet certain expectations. As such, it’s best to provide them with precise product specifications and take steps to manage supplier quality. Many importers understand that third-party inspections are a helpful tool for...
