Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

One of the most common reasons for quality control inspections to FAIL is surprisingly simple and has nothing to do with the actual item you are buying from a factory. “Poor”, “damaged” or “inadequate” packaging are all possible culprits for failed inspection. Packaging is also the most common bit of production that will be subcontracted out to other companies, since most buyers choose suppliers based on their ability to make the actual item they want to sell instead of their capacity to make paper or plastic packaging.

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice

Transparency in manufacturing can make or break a retailer or distributor’s image. Social compliance audits are one of the most powerful tools used to ensure a factory is abiding by local laws and following an ethical and moral business culture. There are many areas that a social compliance audit can clarify about your factory. Here are the 4 most common issues they can bring to light regarding your supplier.

Topics: Social Compliance

What does it mean when a supplier says that they "don't have time" for product inspection, and what should you do about it? Here we’ll tell you why your supplier might say this and what you can do to make sure you have adequate time for verifying your order before it ships.

Topics: Product Inspection

Visiting a Chinese factory helps prospective buyers gauge everything from the quality of the products to the technical expertise on offer, as well as everything that could be going wrong with their operations. But before you rush out to apply for your Chinese visa, book your airplane tickets and embark on a trip to the Far East, take heed of these 5 mistakes you have to avoid when visiting a Chinese factory for the first time...

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice

What does a “pending” result mean in a product inspection report? Regardless of which QC company you use, product inspection reports will generally have three different result categories – pass, pending or fail. While pass and fail are self-explanatory, the pending result begs the question, what exactly is “pending”? In this article, we clear up what that means and what you can do to stop them from happening. .

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice

It should come as no surprise that china's manufacturing sector has been and still is the driving of growth in country does currency devaluation signal a weakening economy thus to stay away or on contrary an aggressive move by chinese government make its more competitive learn about how importantly this will affect you your

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice

What relevance does corporate social responsibility (CSR) play in the world of manufacturing? And how important is CSR to the consumers that buy your products?

Topics: Social Compliance

How can you be sure you are getting the quality materials you want in your product? The substitution of original quality materials for cheaper, lower quality ones is an unfortunate but very recurring problem in products made in China and elsewhere. So let’s look more closely at leather for the sake of breaking down product inspection and lab testing for quality of materials .

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice, Lab Testing

As a buyer half a world away, there is nothing more frustrating than your supplier’s factory manager giving you a hard time with production. This situation may happen more often than you’d like. But before you decide to play hardball and threaten to take your business elsewhere, take a deep breath and relax. With this in mind, here are three tips to help you deal with a difficult factory manager.

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice

How is one supposed to go about finding suppliers in China? In this article, we break down the process of finding a supplier into 5 easy steps.

Topics: Sourcing