When you import goods from overseas or outsource manufacturing to a domestic partner, you must ensure that your products meet all specifications, legal requirements, and customer expectations. Unfortunately, it becomes more challenging to accomplish this if you do not...
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AQL Special Inspection Levels: How Do They Work?
AQL (Acceptance Quality Limit) is an important sampling method that you’ll use when conducting product inspections at your factory. So if you’re manufacturing consumer products and have been learning about AQL, you’ve probably looked at the various inspection levels...
How to Choose the Right Quality Inspection Frequency in Manufacturing
When you import from overseas, controlling product quality will be one of the most crucial keys to your success. You want to ensure that you receive products that meet your requirements and satisfy customer expectations. Many importers conduct inspections before,...
5 Types of Quality Inspections to Help You Ship Great Products
When you import goods from overseas, it is crucial to ensure that the final product meets your requirements for quality. But how can you be sure that your supplier uses quality raw materials and makes products exactly to your specifications? Receiving sub-standard...
AQL Inspection Levels: Do You Understand How All 7 of Them Work?
Once you’ve decided to conduct third-party product inspections, it is vital to get a clear understanding of how AQL sampling works. If you want to work more effectively with your QC services provider and achieve excellent product quality, your knowledge of this...
Our 10 Most Popular Quality Control Articles (2021 Edition)
As an importer, product quality affects your profit margins and the trajectory of your business. When you consistently produce high-quality products, your customers will remain satisfied. People will talk about your products on social media, recommend them to family...
How to Identify QC Issues Early and Avoid Shipping Low-Quality Products
In 2016, smartphone maker Samsung was forced to recall over 2.5 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after some gadgets started overheating and bursting into flames. This recall reportedly caused the company over $5 billion in losses. A quick online search for...
Should You Conduct a 100% Inspection or an AQL Sampling Inspection?
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...
What is the Difference Between Quality Control and Quality Assurance?
To manage product quality as effectively as possible, you need to have a quality management system in place. An effective quality system helps ensure that each time your products ship, you can be confident that they will be free from excessive defects. When putting...
Incoming Materials: How Good are Your Supplier’s Inspection Practices?
When your manufacturer is getting ready to start a production run, they need raw materials to make your product. But if they do not have the appropriate procedures in place to ensure the quality of those materials, you could be courting disaster. Raw materials are the...