Superiority of third-party goods inspection companies in quality control!

Why is quality control by third-party goods inspection companies so important to importers?

With increasing market competition all over the globe, all enterprises are trying their best to make their products stand out in the market, and obtain a higher market share; the enterprises can realize such goal by various means including competitive pricing and persuasive advertising. However, quality is superior to nearly all other aspects of the products, so enterprises all over the world attach great importance to quality of their products, which is of vital importance.

In view of the long distance between the production place and the final purchase place, such quality control becomes more and more important to importers. Compared with local enterprises, the importers may discover that it will be more difficult to return defective goods, whether in terms of cost or legal procedures. Therefore, it becomes particular important that the importers should participate in reliable quality control via inspection of products on the production site.

5 reasons for the importers’ preference for third-party goods inspection companies:

In fact, most importers prefer to outsource quality control to third-party goods inspection companies, and some of the reasons are as follows:

1. Lower Cost

Profit may be the key goal of any commercial company. In order to maximize the profit, the enterprises hope to increase income source and reduce cost as much as possible without influencing quality. To the surprise of many people that, even though it seems that it will increase business cost to appoint third-parties for goods inspection, seeing from a more extensive perspective, it can actually help reduce the business cost.

For example, considering the cost of travel to foreign countries where products are made. If the inspection is a frequent process, then the overall travel business fee ought to be paid by the importer might be as many as the salary of such third-party goods inspection company, let alone the annual pay for the inspection team, and they are deserved to be paid whether they need to work all year round or not. In comparison, quality inspectors of third-party goods inspection companies spread all over various cities, and can go to the local market conveniently when needed.   This has not only saved monetary cost of travel and the annual pay ought to be paid no matter whether they need an all-weather team, but also saved the precious time wasted in long journey.

2. Reliability

The problem of credit is a concern of enterprises all over the world, especially for those importers away from the production unit and failing to supervise the working process in person. Under such condition, bribery and slight corruption are not rare, and it is even difficult for the management personnel to ascertain the hidden briberies (e.g. pay transportation fee for the inspection team), but such cases may reduce use of professional third-party good inspection teams greatly.

Such third-party goods inspection companies are always subject to very strict regulations, since their unnecessary communication with the manufacturers and even the minimum benefit could make their staff have prejudice on judgement of the manufacturers or production units. Such compulsory regulations play an important role in guaranteeing highly professional environment only in the workplace.

In addition, inspectors of specific business will be shifted constantly, which can prevent the production team from being familiar with the inspectors unnecessarily. This is one of the main advantages of outsourced quality control, because it is unlikely for a person to inspect the products more than once.

3. Flexibility

As mentioned above, another advantage of the outsourced quality control process is that short-term contract based on demand can be signed as required by the importers. In this way, the importer does not need to employ a team requiring all-weather payment and accounting, even if it requires services once or twice a year only. Such third-party goods inspection companies provide highly flexible contract, which can be drafted and signed when needed, thus having saved lots of capital for the importers.

This also means that the importers can convene such teams within a relatively short time, for example, when the importers find new customers that require emergency product inspection, it would be more expensive and time-consuming for them to employ a new team or arrange their travel business fee than employ such third-party professionals with extensive professional network all over various cities.

4. Familiarity with the Local Language and Culture

Maybe another advantage that would always be ignored is that, these third-party goods inspection companies are more familiar with the local language and cultural norms than individual team from other places. The importers would most often import products from countries of language different from their own; therefore, even though the senior management may be proficient in the importers’ language, it is impossible for primary production personnel to do so. Out of this reason, owing a local inspector team means that they can inspect the production process better, without any language barrier or violation of any cultural norm.

5. Relevant Services

Another reason for the importers’ preference to outsourced quality control is that, these third-parties would generally provide a series of different services instead of being limited to product inspection only, such as supplier assessment or laboratory test. For all above reasons, this can provide a great convenience for the importers, and provide one-stop solution service for many problems with which the importers might be confronted.

Importantly, all services are provided by well-trained professionals who abide by existing criteria and rules, thus having greatly reduced the risk of product rejection in local market. On the whole, the cost for employing multiple teams for each function has greatly exceeded the cost for seeking help from third-party goods inspection companies, the latter of which can enable you to work in an environment without pressure.