In a perfect world, quality inspections would always find flawless goods. But in real life, inspections sometimes fail. When your inspection comes back with reports of excessive defects and low-quality products, you may need to schedule a re-inspection after your...
When manufacturing goods in China, it’s vital to have processes in place that assess the quality of your products before they’re dropped on a customer’s doorstep thousands of miles away. That’s why many importers choose to conduct quality inspections on their goods...
Having your products manufactured overseas in China brings a wealth of benefits: lower costs can mean higher profits, and China’s well-established infrastructure and logistics networks make shipping easy. However, being so geographically distant from your...
If you’re regularly ordering large product volumes, you may have developed a container loading plan to ensure shipping efficiency. You may have also established packing and marking systems and taken other planning steps to minimize product damage. But how do you...
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...
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...
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...
When you’re managing product quality for a consumer brand, it’s important to have a robust quality control plan in place to ensure that your products are well-made, safe for consumers, and compliant with all regulations. Many importers include third-party product...
Many importers conduct third-party inspections to verify the quality of their products before they leave the factory. At Insight, we’ve conducted tens of thousands of inspections for our customers and have a well-established process for doing so. This process helps...
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...
