Plan your inspection before production starts

Create the reference

Keep an approved sample and a written specification. Identify measurable dimensions, materials, performance checks, cosmetic expectations, labeling, and packaging. Record revisions so old requirements do not remain in circulation.

Choose the inspection moment

A pre-production review checks readiness; during-production checks may identify issues while they are still correctable; a pre-shipment inspection assesses finished goods. The right mix depends on order risk and manufacturing process.

Agree the inspection scope

Define sampling, acceptance criteria, test methods, equipment, access, and reporting. Explain what a standard inspection cannot establish. Laboratory tests and regulated certification need an appropriate specialist scope.

Define the response to a finding

Decide who can hold shipment, approve rework, accept deviations, and order reinspection. Ask the supplier how corrective work will be documented. Keep approval of production, payment, and shipment distinct.

Your next practical step

Put the details you already know into a project brief. Mark the uncertain items as questions so the next conversation can resolve them.

Start your brief

Know what to bring to your first call.

Enter your email. We send one email that explains what the call covers and lists 3 things to have ready: your product with a photo or spec sheet, your order quantity and your delivery city. On the call we list the supplier questions still open, so you leave with a clear next step. The email includes a link to choose a time.