Once production is finished, it may be tempting to arrange shipment immediately. For many orders, however, a quality check before shipment can be valuable.
Why Check Before Shipping
The purpose is not to guarantee that every product is perfect. It is to identify important problems while there is still an opportunity to address them in China.
A pre-shipment check can look at quantity, product specifications, appearance, workmanship, materials where practical, packaging, labeling, and function when applicable.
What a Pre-Shipment Check Can Find
Inspection can be especially useful for significant orders, new suppliers, customized products, important specifications, or goods that would be difficult or expensive to return.
An inspection is not a guarantee. It checks an agreed scope at a particular point in time and cannot guarantee that every unit is defect-free.
Quality Control Works Best as a Chain
If issues are found, the buyer can request correction, rework, clarification of acceptable tolerances, another check, or proceed if the issue is acceptable.
Quality control works best as part of a broader process: clear specifications, supplier communication, samples, production follow-up, and pre-shipment inspection. SOURDEN can coordinate quality checks in China based on the requirements of the order.
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Want a Check Before the Goods Leave China?
An inspection reduces the number of problems you discover after shipment, when the only options are to accept the goods or send them back.
Tell us the product, the order quantity and the specifications that matter, and we can arrange a quality check against them before the goods ship.