One of the significant decisions you need to make as an Amazon Seller is choosing who to perform a quality inspection of your products. You might have thought of doing it yourself, but then the travel arrangements and other factors (including Covid- 19 pandemic) made you think again. Now you are down to two main options- let the factory inspect themselves, or choose a third party inspection company.
The benefits of using a third party inspection company over factory staff are:
- Quality assurance.
- Product certifications.
- Comprehensive product inspection and report.
- Fewer disruptions of the production process.
- No conflict of interest.
- QUALITY ASSURANCE
Third-Party Inspection companies are, as the name suggests, independent of the production process, and their objective of ensuring high quality of products does not change.
On the other hand, the factory quality control staff have a conflict of interest. Loyalty to the factory that pays their wages will make them side with the manufacturer over you, and a costly mistake on the factory floor may be pawned off as certified.
Third-party quality control services function as the industry standard for quality control. Think of professional third-party inspection companies, like Inspectaman, as your trusted referees in the game of product inspection.
2.PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
Third-Party inspection Companies have internationally approved certifications, such as ISO standards, for all product inspections they carry out. Factory Quality Control staff, however, might only have locally recognised certifications.
Secondly, the way the inspection process is carried out might not meet the internationally required standards. For example, A third Party Inspection company will use quality standards and tools to inspect.
On the other hand, the factory staff can use in-house techniques that might not be as effective as the recognised standards. As such, you might not be able to import your goods to your market because they would not have met the international standards of quality.
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3. COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCT INSPECTION & REPORT
Third-party Inspection companies provide comprehensive reports with photos and videos to verify the information provided to you.
On the other hand, factory quality control staff will provide simple statements that will not give you all the information you need. These reports might not even include a photo or video evidence of your product.
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4. FEWER DISRUPTIONS OF PRODUCTION PROCESS
Manufacturers might claim that having an inspection company carry out an inspection might slow down the production process and prove disruptive. But having factory staff carry out the assessment will mean they stop production at a particular stage to inspect the product and then continue after the inspection is done.
Secondly, third party inspection companies are professionals who are very knowledgeable about the inspection process. Professional inspectors tend to work more efficiently to inspect as many product units in a limited time and without putting the production process on hold.
5. DIVERSE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Factory Quality Control Staff have limited knowledge of inspections as they only inspect one factory’s production procedures.
On the other hand, Third-party quality control services function as the industry standard for quality control. They have experience across different product categories, which provides additional added value for potential product-specific quality issues.
THIRD-PARTY INSPECTION COMPANIES VS FACTORY QUALITY CONTROL STAFF
| CRITERIA | INSPECTION COMPANIES | FACTORY QUALITY CONTROL STAFF |
| Quality Assurance | ✅ Quality Assurance is guaranteed as the primary objective of inspection companies is of high quality. | ❌ Quality Assurance might be compromised due to a conflict of interest between quality assurance and pleasing the factory that pays wages. |
| Product Certification | ✅ Inspection companies use internationally approved standards of certification and inspection. | ❌ It May not use international standards but limited to local standards. |
| Comprehensive Product Inspection and report | ✅ Inspection companies will carry out a thorough inspection, and their reports will include all information, photos and videos. | ❌ Factory Stuff will provide a simple statement that might not have all information needed.Reports might not include photos and videos. |
| Disruption of the Production process | ❌ Inspection companies are professionals. Their inspections take as little time as possible. Hence, no need to stop the production process while an inspection is being done. | ✅ Factory Stuff will have to inspect various stages of production. This means that the production process is stopped while inspections are done and then resumed right after the inspectons. |
| Diverse expertise and Experience | ✅ Inspection companies inspect so many product categories and have great experience in carrying out inspections. | ❌ Factory stuff only deals in one production process carried out by the factory. This makes for limited experience and diversity in product categories. |
TO TAKE AWAY
It might seem cheaper to go for your factory’s quality control staff as a choice for your product inspection. However, professional third-party inspection companies will always give you a more comprehensive, objective, practical, and internationally recognised inspection service for that standard of quality, which seems to elude factory quality control staff constantly. Choose the best. Choose Inspectaman for your inspection needs.