Manufacturing and Quality Control blog

Do you rely on product inspect to verify quality? Are you rushing to inspect your product before the shipping deadline? How much notice do you provide your inspection company before inspection is booked?

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice

How important is it to you to make sure that the product you source from China is safe for your customers? Viewed from another angle, how important is it to you that the products you buy and use are safe?

Topics: Quality Control News

As an experienced buyer, you know how hard it can be to get the product you ordered manufactured to your specifications. You may have even considered product inspections to catch quality issues and make sure your orders are on track. But have you stopped to consider the inspection process and how it should be done properly? This step-by-step guide will tell you how product inspections are performed so that the buyer gets an accurate look at the order and is able to help the supplier improve.

Topics: Product Inspection

Maybe your flight has just touched down at Hong Kong International Airport. And maybe you need to get to Shenzhen, but you’d like to take in the beautiful scenery that Hong Kong has to offer. So what would be the scenic way to get to Shenzhen from Hong Kong?

Topics: Travel Tips & Advice

Remember your first China trip? Remember how exciting and new everything felt?  Trying new foods, experiencing new things, and traveling in China, even if only for work, can be very exciting and really open your eyes.

Topics: Travel Tips & Advice

If you've ever bought products made overseas you may have wondered how inspectors decide how many units to inspect. You may even have heard the term “AQL” thrown around regarding quality control and wondered if you should be using AQL for inspection.

Topics: Product Inspection, Acceptable Quality Level (AQL), aql for inspections

Why would anyone want to buy through a trading company when they can cut out the middleman? Can’t I save money by going factory direct?

Topics: Sourcing

Has your supplier or QC company ever asked for the Pantone color spec of your products? If you ever wonder what are Pantone colors and how there used to make and inspect your products you came to the right article. We'll tell you everything you need to know about Pantone colors and how we use them.

Topics: Quality Q&A

Finding a Chinese supplier to manufacture a product is easy nowadays. Current technology allows you to find hundreds of factories, in a moment’s notice, that are very eager to earn your business. The hard part is getting the actual products you order. Here are three issues you will want to avoid when sourcing in China.

Topics: Manufacturing Tips & Advice