A defect caught at the supplier costs a rework. The same defect caught on your line costs the rework, the stoppage, the return freight and the customer delay. That arithmetic is what justifies inspection, and it almost always comes out in favour.
It starts with the first article. Before the run begins, we approve a representative part produced with production tooling and settings, with a dimensional report on the critical features and verification of material certificates. Until that gate is passed, nothing ships.
During production we target the characteristics that drift: surface treatments, welds, tight-tolerance features, marking and traceability. On long runs, a check at thirty per cent completion lets you correct a setting before it contaminates the whole batch.
Pre-shipment inspection closes the loop. Sampling to the agreed plan, visual, dimensional and functional checks, verification of packaging and marking — a badly underrated cause of transport disputes — then the shipping decision. You get the report before the truck leaves, not after.
What you receive
- Control plan and acceptance criteria agreed with you
- First-article inspection (FAI) with dimensional report
- In-process checks on the critical characteristics
- Pre-shipment inspection (ISO 2859-type sampling plan)
- Photo report, inspection certificate and ship / hold decision
