How to secure your purchases in China

China has a wide range of factories and leads the world market in industrial productions. With its developed logistics, it is now easy to import from China and suppliers are easily found on the internet and in fairs.

Nowadays, buyers from the whole world make their purchases in China. There is however a major issue which is securing your purchases. The best solution to that issue is to make quality control inspections on the different steps of production.

 Inspection at the beginning of production

The inspection company will verify the techniques, the production tools, the raw materials, the different components and the management of your supplier. This will allow you to automatically detect any problems and to correct them.

During production inspection

The inspection during production is the next step, it is done when at least 20% of the products are already made. It allows you to check that if the products are in accordance with their specifications so that you can fix any defects in case of problem. It will also give you a more realistic idea of your delivery times which will allow you to book your transport with your forwarding agent.

Pre-shipmentInspection

This inspection is mandatory to all buyers, it is done when at least 80% of the products are finished and packed. The inspector will select product samples and achieve a series of tests to check the functions, the weight, the measurements, the packaging and the barcodes.

The container loading inspection

This is the last step to assure the quantity of your products, the quality of your products, the loading of your products and the state of the container. The container will be sealed and you can check upon arrival the sealing numbers to make sure the container was not opened.

For each inspection, you will receive a report with a result showing the number of defects found by the inspector. If the result is not in line with your expectations, you will be able to ask your supplier to correct those defects.

There are many advantages with quality control. You will reduce the amount of defects, you will save money by receiving products in good conditions, you will be able to control the delivery times and lastly you will be able to keep the factory under pressure during the whole production.

Those different type of inspections have a cost. However, you do not have to use all of the inspections depending on your product and the amount of products you are ordering.