Pre-Shipment Inspection
Since 1996, A&S has served as the pre-shipment
inspection agent for customers in the U.S.A., U.K., Germany, Ireland,
Holland and Canada. We have a team of professional staff with QA
experience for over 10 years. Our China office has been set up since 2001.
We can do the inspection for you all over China. Quantity we inspected had
reached to million pieces annually.
PRODUCTS we inspected(but not limited to):
Hard Goods
Kitchen Ware
Household Utensils
Melamine & Ceramic
Promotion & Premium Items
Toys
Plush
Seasonal Products
Stationery
Electrical & Electronical
Items
Kitchen Appliances
Hair Care Appliances
Home Appliances
Scales
Massagers
Remoto Controller
SAMPLING PLAN
Unless otherwise specified by client, A&S uses the
MIL-STD-105E Single Sampling Plan General Inspection Level II as sampling
standard. It has equivalents in many countries and international
standardization organizations such as BS 6001, ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, ISO
2859, GB2828
Acceptable Quality Level is the maximum defective rate,
for purposes of sampling inspection, which can be considered satisfactory
as a process average
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Classification |
High Valued Products |
Low-medium Valued Products |
|
Critical Defects |
0 |
0 |
|
Major Defects |
AQL1.0/1.5 |
AQL2.5 |
|
Minor Defects |
AQL2.5/4.0 |
AQL4.0 |
Defects detected during inspection are classified into 3
categories as follows.
Critical Defects fail to meet mandatory regulations and are likely to result in unsafe conditions of consumers.
Major Defects likely to result in function failures or reductions of the usability of products or obvious
appearance disfiguration, which may affect the salability of products and consumer returns
Minor Defects doesn't reduce the usability or function of the product, but beyond the defined quality standard and more or less reduces the sale of the products.
Critical Defects fail to meet mandatory regulations and are likely to result in unsafe conditions of consumers.
Major Defects likely to result in function failures or reductions of the usability of products or obvious
appearance disfiguration, which may affect the salability of products and consumer returns
Minor Defects doesn't reduce the usability or function of the product, but beyond the defined quality standard and more or less reduces the sale of the products.
* Client can specify what points are minor, major or critical in our quality inspection specification.
REPORTING
Our report is written in English. It is very detailed and
includes descriptions of all defects, inconsistencies discovered, bar
codes, critical component type, tests we performed, test data and we will
also take digital photos for shipping mark, gift box, packing,
accessories, artworks, internal contructions, defects, etc. We can send
our sample inspection report for your reference upon request.
We can send a quick result within 2 hours after inspection
completion for urgent shipments and a full report with digital images
within 8 hours for fail or pending lots and within 24 hours for pass
lots.
PRICING
We offer higher-level, value-added services while our
pricing remains competetive. When an inspection require more than 1
man-day to be completed, our team will confirm the number of man-days with
you before the inspection takes place. For details, pls contact angelsiu@ansenterprises.com.hk
INSPECTION PREPARATION
We need a signed sample from client for study and
preparation one week before inspection. Any other information such as PO,
packing requirement, artwork and your special instruciton will be useful.
Then we will prepare a quality inspection specification for your review.
Thus all unclear points can be settled down before inspection.
INSPECTION ARRANGEMENT
We work systematically while remaining as flexible as
possible. We will never make your shipment be delayed due to our
arrangement.
OUR TEAM
Our staffs are very stable. Most of them work in A&S
for over five years. We have designated staff to follow each client so
the history of your every product is kept. It helps our team to build
close relationship with clients and identify your concerns then assist in
resolving the issues.
