Quality is always an essential part of manufacturing. Manufactured products need to live up to certain technical standards and specifications to provide high-grade top-quality products to customers on a consistent basis. This is where Quality Assurance techniques come in. When buying goods from Chinese manufacturing companies, foreign buyers need to inform the supplier that quality inspection will be a mandatory part of the order. It means that they will get the best quality manufacturing services from booking the order to receiving the shipment. In fact, the first test towards quality is when the supplier is informed about quality control tests. Many Chinese suppliers discourage their buyers from a quality test or will act tough on this particular topic. If you are the buyer, the best thing to do will be to block such a supplier immediately. Because such suppliers will always have some hidden issues that will lead to problems later.
Most Chinese suppliers will not accept back goods that have been shipped off or return the money to their buyers in case the end products test positive for quality failure. Hence, the rule of the game is to keep having regular quality manufacturing services, inspections and audits done on-site and keeping the manufacturer informed about the same from the very beginning.
As a foreign buyer, you can choose to work with one or more quality control agents based in and around China. You can communicate with such agents online easily. Also, they will prepare a PDF report and also submit images and videos to corroborate their findings and reports.
Many times the Chinese supplier may tell that they already have an in-house QC team. Even this seems to be an affordable option, buyers need to be cautious and insist upon their own quality control. Other than hiring quality control agencies, one might consider visiting the factory to conduct in-person or have sourcing agent involved in the quality assurance process.
Quality is a topic that cannot be taken lightly. The involvement of professional third-party independent quality inspectors can to a great extent help you in having your products match the desired specifications at a considerably lesser price than hiring your own quality inspectors. Moreover, the agent can be more reliably than trusting the suppliers’ in-house QC team. This ensures quality manufacturing services.
