When you are importing goods from overseas, it’s important that your cartons can be recognized at a glance, include instructions for proper handling, and provide the information needed to ensure correct delivery. This is where shipping marks come in. According to...
At Insight Quality, we inspect many types of products. Anything you can find in a retail store, we’ve probably inspected, from electronics to clothing to home furnishings and more. When it comes to electronics, we can’t forget about mobile phones. These devices have...
As an importer, you know that product quality inspections are important, but that they come at a cost. It’s natural to want to reduce that cost, and if you’re thinking about doing so, you need to consider how to go about it carefully. You don’t want to give your...
Recently, we ran into a sticky situation with one of our customers. They hired us for a product inspection and we returned their inspection report with a HOLD result, rather than a PASS or FAIL. They ended up accepting the shipment from their supplier and when they...
If you want to have success as an importer, it’s important that your products live up to the quality standards you set for them. If they don’t, it can lead to low customer satisfaction, excessive customer complaints, and high levels of returns. Quality management is...
As an Amazon seller, you have to be concerned about packaging. Of course, your packaging needs to be in line with Amazon’s guidelines. But, more than that, it needs to survive the journey from your Chinese factory to Amazon’s warehouse. Have you ever watched videos of...
Ensuring the quality of your products is important. Take this story into account... Recently, a company that sells school supplies in the US had to recall all of their extra-large crayon sets. The reason? Laceration hazard. Let that sink in for a minute. You see, it...
When working with Chinese factories, it is important to perform quality inspections. Most often that means conducting pre-shipment inspections, but if you are producing large quantities, it can also make sense to perform During Process (or DUPRO) Inspections. The goal...
We all know that hiring a company to do pre-shipment inspections costs money. So, it’s natural to think that you can come out ahead by choosing a factory that always does good work and ships quality products. That way, you can avoid the cost of working with a...
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…
