If you’re importing consumer products and working with a third-party inspection company, you probably know that AQL is an industry-standard sampling method. It helps you determine two things, first, how many units the inspector should check, and, second, how many...
If you are working with a third-party inspection company (like Insight), you are undoubtedly paying by the “man-day.” That means that as you place larger orders, your costs will go up since it might take more man-days to complete an inspection. As an importer...
How does your QC inspector determine whether your products are acceptable or not during a third-party inspection? Imagine you’re manufacturing a standing desk at a factory in Vietnam. You hire a service provider to conduct a final random inspection and the inspector...
AQL is an important standard used in the quality control industry for conducting product inspections. In a previous article, we answered the question, “What is AQL?” and explained how it works. But, in essence, the AQL (Acceptable Quality Limit) standard helps you...
If you’re preparing to conduct product inspections, you may have come across the term AQL. Perhaps you’ve heard it mentioned in discussions with your inspection company or in articles you’ve read online. What is AQL? AQL stands for “Acceptable Quality Limit,” and it’s...
If you’re serious about quality control, you probably have a third-party inspection company perform inspections at the factory before every shipment. Your inspector fills out an inspection form with the results of the inspection and you receive it in your inbox…
The classification, recognition, and remediation of defects can be confusing. A defect that has zero negative impact on the product’s appearance and usage may be “critical” – the most severe category. A defect that renders the product completely useless, however,...
It is easy to be confused by the seemingly endless stream of acronyms and abbreviations that get thrown around when discussing inspections. One of our goals with this blog is to decode some of that language for you (as we have done with DUPRO and with MOQ) as you...
