The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting importers and manufacturers all around the world. Factories have had to face multiple shutdowns and reopens across Asia.
THE 3 CULTURAL BARRIERS IN CHINA THAT ARE CAUSING YOU QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES
If you’re an importer with a supplier in China. You may be well familiar with the fact that not all orders that you place with them. Turns out exactly how you would want them to be, Quality Control Issues occur. Perhaps you were under the impression that your Chinese supplier was meeting his expected timeline perfectly. And you would receive your shipment just as planned. Only to find out that he has encountered some last minute problems that would result in a month’s delay.
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5 Things To Consider When Deciding The Frequency Of Quality Control Inspections
Any business that intends to make a profit has to be extremely particular about the costs it incurs; otherwise, the entire business will be affected in terms of the revenue streams and profitability. It is, thereby, all the more important for importers to make sure that they do not spend on areas.
That are unnecessary- this means that deciding the frequency of Quality Control Inspection. It is a big challenge for importers. As they struggle to find an optimal balance between trying to ensure high quality while keeping additional costs at bay.
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FIND QC ISSUES IN YOUR PRODUCTS BEFORE YOUR CUSTOMERS DO!
One of the worst disasters you can face as an importer is Quality Control Issue; if your products result in causing some sort of harm to your customers; this harm may manifest itself in several forms, such as a physical injury due to a faulty product. An example of this is if you are an eyewear importer and your supplier fails to use proper material in the eyewear as instructed by you- instead, he makes use of cheap plastic in the eyeglasses to cut costs.
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Why Would Your Supplier Lie To You? And How To Deal With This Problem
You’ve outsourced to a factory in China or Asia: the costs are low, the workforce is abundant, and the management and quality control seems more than eager to accommodate you- what more can you ask for?
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A Beginner’s Guide to Quality Control in 4 Simple Steps
The trend of outsourcing production to another country is increasing day by day. Countries in Asia, particularly China, have seen immense growth in their industry as a result of importers from countries like the United States setting up their manufacturing units in these countries to significantly cut down costs.
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Acceptable Quality Limit | AQL Calculator – Sampling Table
Updated: 19 November 2021
The Meaning of AQL
Literally speaking, AQL standards for Acceptable Quality Limit: this means the worst quality that is tolerable or acceptable in a given sample of products according to the ISO 2859-1. This is basically the maximum amount of goods that an inspection team or buyer would accept that are of sub-standard quality.
3 Ways To Ensure Quality Standards In Garments
It would not be wrong to say that quality is the backbone of any business; without quality products and services, especially in highly competitive markets that businesses operate in these days, any firm is unlikely to survive. This holds even more important for garments, where quality is difficult to nail given the labor-intensive nature of the product. Unlike large scale machine-manufactured products that can be made in large amounts with the exact same specifications for each unit, garments are stitched by hand and therefore are always subject to the risk of inconsistency between consecutive products and unsatisfactory quality.
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If you’re an importer located thousands of miles away from your manufacturer, among the plethora of things that might keep you awake at night is the quality of the products that are being produced for you. Due to the fact that you cannot physically inspect the products yourself or overview the production process, you are bound to have reservations about the quality of the shipment that you are expected to receive.
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As an importer that resides thousands of miles away from the manufacturing site, your reservations about the quality of products being produced are more than justified. In such a situation, many importers employ an external third-party quality inspection team to overlook the production process as well as the final products before they are sent out- also known as pre-shipment inspection. This process has multiple benefits for the importer: reducing costs associated with repair and rework of faulty products, improving relations with customers by delivering quality products, as well as a tool to potentially screen out any doubtful suppliers.
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