Crystal Ge comes from Gansu Province in China’s north-west. Having joined InTouch in May 2012, Crystal is the longest standing Client Manager at InTouch and loves traveling the world and eating amazing food.
Don't let quality issues and shipment delays affect your product. Here are some specific ways that AQF can help to improve your time to market.
Topics:
Product Inspection,
Working with Factories
All importers can benefit from a quality audit. But don't settle for a QC company that can't adequately assess your suppliers. When it comes to supplier evaluations, there's no need for risk.
Topics:
Auditing Factories,
Working with Factories
The FDA is currently focused on cooperating with food importers to develop a FSVP. But enforcement will likely increase as FSVP becomes more established. There’s no better time to develop a FSVP than now.
Topics:
Auditing Factories,
Legal Requirements
Put yourself in the shoes of a product inspector for a second. Erase from your mind all the information you know about your product, your supplier and your customers. Now try to inspect your product for quality issues without that information.
Topics:
Product Inspection,
Acceptable Quality Level (AQL),
Packaging,
Quality Control Checklist
You never know what unexpected issues might arise as an importer sourcing abroad. Before you rely entirely on your full-time team, let’s look at how third-party inspectors may be able to help you out of an otherwise tight situation.
Supplier visits play a vital role in the relationship between most importers and their manufacturers. They can help facilitate a better understanding of your specific requirements, so let’s look at five reasons for or against visiting your suppliers.
Topics:
Product Inspection,
Auditing Factories,
Working with Factories
Creating a quality manual for your product shouldn't be a 'me, myself and I' endeavor. An inaccurate or incomplete quality manual creates issues for everyone involved in a product, from your supplier to your customers.
Topics:
Product Inspection,
Quality Control Checklist
How can you minimize the risk to your brand when you discover substandard products in your order? These 4 defect management strategies can help!
Topics:
Working with Factories,
Product Destruction
Are you mystified by your Chinese supplier's behavior? Learn how to face 3 common cultural barriers to effective China quality control here!
Topics:
Working with Factories,
china quality control
Packaging issues can lead to any number of problems that could mean game over for your business if you don't pay enough attention to packaging quality control.
Topics:
Product Inspection,
Packaging