Factory Audit Online report. Inspection services in Asia
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Factory Audit can uncover problems before production or order confirmation. You could have a clear understanding of your supplier's capabilities, quality control system, management and operating procedures. This enables you to select a qualified supplier with confidence.
Factory Audit Report it is a very detailed factory audit report prepared on the basis of our inspector's visit to the factory and data available in state bases. The report consists of over 40 pages of information about the factory, including photographic documentation from the factory premises. The report is available in pdf format and in your online customer account. Write to us, we will send the factory audit report template to you: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com We will focus on the following aspects during a Factory Audit:
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During cooperation with our company, you receive a account manager at the our company's headquarters in China. The order is carried out through our inspectors of local branches in China, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Bangladesh. At the same time, you always have access and insight via your online account to current inspection reports.
Don’t get in a bind working with the wrong factory, paying a down payment to a company that you know little to nothing about. Set a strong foundation for your business by building business relationships with the right suppliers. We hope to work with you, providing you with reliable information before you begin your next import project.
In times of a pandemic, when entry to China and other Asian countries is difficult for managers of companies who want to manufacture their products in China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam or Cambodia, a trusted inspection company such as V-Trust is an excellent business partner.
Thanks to constant contact with your account manager in China and constant access to your online customer panel, you can control and change the scope of control of your supplier and products manufactured for you on an ongoing basis.
Thanks to the work of our inspectors, you get professional supervision over the production and quality of your products in China and Asia and a sense of security that you will receive your products in the condition you expect.
We invite you to a short online meeting at our headquarters in Guangzhou via Zoom or Wechat, where we will discuss the report step by step, determine together what your expectations are and present our company.
Feel free to visit our website (www.v-trust.com) to get to know more about our company and services, and should you have any questions, please feel free connect with us: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
Don’t get in a bind working with the wrong factory, paying a down payment to a company that you know little to nothing about. Set a strong foundation for your business by building business relationships with the right suppliers. We hope to work with you, providing you with reliable information before you begin your next import project.
In times of a pandemic, when entry to China and other Asian countries is difficult for managers of companies who want to manufacture their products in China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam or Cambodia, a trusted inspection company such as V-Trust is an excellent business partner.
Thanks to constant contact with your account manager in China and constant access to your online customer panel, you can control and change the scope of control of your supplier and products manufactured for you on an ongoing basis.
Thanks to the work of our inspectors, you get professional supervision over the production and quality of your products in China and Asia and a sense of security that you will receive your products in the condition you expect.
We invite you to a short online meeting at our headquarters in Guangzhou via Zoom or Wechat, where we will discuss the report step by step, determine together what your expectations are and present our company.
Feel free to visit our website (www.v-trust.com) to get to know more about our company and services, and should you have any questions, please feel free connect with us: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
Audit Insights: How Does a Factory Audit Go?
Identifying the right factory determines the future of your products, because the capabilities and capacity of your manufacturer have to align with your needs and expectations. We have discussed some tips about choosing the right supplier before, in this article we will describe the process of the factory audit, a top method of supplier capability assessment.
Why use a Factory Audit?
Let’s imagine that you are sourcing products and have a potential supplier in mind. What can help you to be certain that you are making the right choice choosing it? A personal visit for an overlook of the factory production line, capacities and capabilities definitely would give you more perspective on the supplier, and be more influential in your decision. When you cannot do it yourself, a factory audit service by a recognized inspection company would come in handy.
As well, if you already cooperate with someone and would like to improve their overall performance, a detailed CAP (corrective action plan) with improvement suggestions for the facility would be issued after the factory audit, following which the factory can get on the right path for the improvement of their quality system.
Generally, during the factory audit we will focus on the following aspects:
Factory profile
First of all, we need to make sure whether your supplier is legit and has valid documentation.
At this stage the auditor would check that your required products are within the factory’s registered business scope, and whether the factory/supplier has validity to manufacture and export the required goods.
Is the company a manufacturer or a trading company, are their actual address and facility size the same as the registered ones? What is the year of their establishment and registered capital? These are the basic questions you will receive an answer to.
Usually the auditor would check the business license, export license, ISO 9001 and other ISO accreditations, BSCI / Sedex SMETA report, or specific documentation needed based on the supplier’s business scope.
Human resource
Have you ever wondered whether the person you are in contact with is a real employee of the company you want to partner with? An audit can help to bring more light to your potential supplier’s human resources.
It would allow you not only to check whether your contact is really an employee of the company, but also to understand how many shareholders, senior managers, and engineers the company has: internal quality control inspectors, R&D engineers, and their working experience in the company. A company with a bigger number of QC-related experienced staff is paying more attention to the quality control.
Product and marketing capacity
The geographical focus of the factory’s exports can tell a lot about products’ quality.
If the factory produces mostly products for export to Western Europe, it would have higher quality expectations for the products, than, let’s say, the factory that produces to Africa.
In addition, the factories that export to Europe would have more experience and knowledge about European standards, and compliance to them.
But that isn’t all, the factory audit can help to bring more light to the supplier’s business volume overview for the specific regions, as well as get the statistical data of the supplier’s annual turnover and export turnover, get other customer’s referrals and check that this factory already has a representative in your country.
Production capability & equipment
This is the main engine of the factory, thus we check it closely to ensure that it is well functioning. At first, the auditor will verify whether all necessary parts of the production line are present – from the raw material input, to the product packaging stage.
Why is it so crucial? It is quite common that small and middle-size manufacturing facilities don’t have all the necessary production equipment, thus it means that at some stage the production would be outsourced to another manufacturer. With product movements from one facility to another comes problems – the products can be damaged on the way, or the production would be less controlled and more problems can occur at the outsourced manufacturing facility, when your partner has no power to pull the strings.
Besides the facilities verifications, the auditor will check production machinery status - whether it is in use, repaired, or maybe out of use and too old, just collecting dust particles in the factory.
Quality Control system
The factory should have an established and well operated internal quality control system – to track and improve quality issues of the production internally. What if they don’t have it? Well, where there is no control or planning, many mistakes are happening.
The quality should be managed from the moment of receiving the raw material, to the final product manufacturing. That is why to ensure that the factory has a well-managed QC system, our auditor will check the IQC (incoming quality control), IPQC (in-process quality control) and FQC (final quality control) records of the factory.
Moreover, the auditor will verify the related equipment that the factory owns for internal quality control – the more advanced QC department the supplier has with various equipment, the better product quality is controlled internally.
Research & development
If you are looking for an innovative supplier that strives for improvement and new technology implementation – here is the audit part that you need to pay attention to.
This part is dedicated to check whether the supplier owns any brands or patents, or can design new items and samples. Does the supplier test his pre-production samples internally, and have the ability to assess the various performance of the new item? These are the main questions for this part.
Special requirements
Apart from our audit checklist, we also can customize the audit template as per the customer’s needs and perform the tasks that the customer pays most attention to. Here are some of the examples for the SR questions our customers ask us to do during the audits:
If you are interested in conducting an audit on your potential supplier, feel free to let us know. V-Trust Team has more than 16+ years’ experience in factory auditing and product inspections, with a wide auditor & inspector net in the main industrial areas of China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Cambodia.
We would be glad to help you with consultation and organizations of your Quality Control projects!
To check whether quality meets your requirements, we are always glad to offer help. V-Trust offers a variety of Quality Control services, such as Product Inspection, Factory Audit, and Laboratory Testing in Asia.
Feel free to visit our website (www.v-trust.com) to get to know more about our company and services, and should you have any questions, please feel free connect with us: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
Why use a Factory Audit?
Let’s imagine that you are sourcing products and have a potential supplier in mind. What can help you to be certain that you are making the right choice choosing it? A personal visit for an overlook of the factory production line, capacities and capabilities definitely would give you more perspective on the supplier, and be more influential in your decision. When you cannot do it yourself, a factory audit service by a recognized inspection company would come in handy.
As well, if you already cooperate with someone and would like to improve their overall performance, a detailed CAP (corrective action plan) with improvement suggestions for the facility would be issued after the factory audit, following which the factory can get on the right path for the improvement of their quality system.
Generally, during the factory audit we will focus on the following aspects:
- Factory profile
- Human resource
- Foreign trade capacity
- Production capability
- Quality control system
- R&D
- Special Requirements from Client
Factory profile
First of all, we need to make sure whether your supplier is legit and has valid documentation.
At this stage the auditor would check that your required products are within the factory’s registered business scope, and whether the factory/supplier has validity to manufacture and export the required goods.
Is the company a manufacturer or a trading company, are their actual address and facility size the same as the registered ones? What is the year of their establishment and registered capital? These are the basic questions you will receive an answer to.
Usually the auditor would check the business license, export license, ISO 9001 and other ISO accreditations, BSCI / Sedex SMETA report, or specific documentation needed based on the supplier’s business scope.
Human resource
Have you ever wondered whether the person you are in contact with is a real employee of the company you want to partner with? An audit can help to bring more light to your potential supplier’s human resources.
It would allow you not only to check whether your contact is really an employee of the company, but also to understand how many shareholders, senior managers, and engineers the company has: internal quality control inspectors, R&D engineers, and their working experience in the company. A company with a bigger number of QC-related experienced staff is paying more attention to the quality control.
Product and marketing capacity
The geographical focus of the factory’s exports can tell a lot about products’ quality.
If the factory produces mostly products for export to Western Europe, it would have higher quality expectations for the products, than, let’s say, the factory that produces to Africa.
In addition, the factories that export to Europe would have more experience and knowledge about European standards, and compliance to them.
But that isn’t all, the factory audit can help to bring more light to the supplier’s business volume overview for the specific regions, as well as get the statistical data of the supplier’s annual turnover and export turnover, get other customer’s referrals and check that this factory already has a representative in your country.
Production capability & equipment
This is the main engine of the factory, thus we check it closely to ensure that it is well functioning. At first, the auditor will verify whether all necessary parts of the production line are present – from the raw material input, to the product packaging stage.
Why is it so crucial? It is quite common that small and middle-size manufacturing facilities don’t have all the necessary production equipment, thus it means that at some stage the production would be outsourced to another manufacturer. With product movements from one facility to another comes problems – the products can be damaged on the way, or the production would be less controlled and more problems can occur at the outsourced manufacturing facility, when your partner has no power to pull the strings.
Besides the facilities verifications, the auditor will check production machinery status - whether it is in use, repaired, or maybe out of use and too old, just collecting dust particles in the factory.
Quality Control system
The factory should have an established and well operated internal quality control system – to track and improve quality issues of the production internally. What if they don’t have it? Well, where there is no control or planning, many mistakes are happening.
The quality should be managed from the moment of receiving the raw material, to the final product manufacturing. That is why to ensure that the factory has a well-managed QC system, our auditor will check the IQC (incoming quality control), IPQC (in-process quality control) and FQC (final quality control) records of the factory.
Moreover, the auditor will verify the related equipment that the factory owns for internal quality control – the more advanced QC department the supplier has with various equipment, the better product quality is controlled internally.
Research & development
If you are looking for an innovative supplier that strives for improvement and new technology implementation – here is the audit part that you need to pay attention to.
This part is dedicated to check whether the supplier owns any brands or patents, or can design new items and samples. Does the supplier test his pre-production samples internally, and have the ability to assess the various performance of the new item? These are the main questions for this part.
Special requirements
Apart from our audit checklist, we also can customize the audit template as per the customer’s needs and perform the tasks that the customer pays most attention to. Here are some of the examples for the SR questions our customers ask us to do during the audits:
- Check the product certificates and validity of the certificate
- Check warranty certificates of the raw materials
- How does the factory research the new suppliers to keep up-to-date with new technologies?
- Is the factory facing bankruptcy?
If you are interested in conducting an audit on your potential supplier, feel free to let us know. V-Trust Team has more than 16+ years’ experience in factory auditing and product inspections, with a wide auditor & inspector net in the main industrial areas of China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Cambodia.
We would be glad to help you with consultation and organizations of your Quality Control projects!
To check whether quality meets your requirements, we are always glad to offer help. V-Trust offers a variety of Quality Control services, such as Product Inspection, Factory Audit, and Laboratory Testing in Asia.
Feel free to visit our website (www.v-trust.com) to get to know more about our company and services, and should you have any questions, please feel free connect with us: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
V-Trust Inspection ServiceV-Trust is an international inspection services provider registered in China & Hong Kong since 2003. With full accreditation & qualification, V-Trust is now the biggest local inspection company from China. We have been awarded as the Most Trusted Inspection Company by China Business Awards 2017 & 2018.
As an independent third-party inspection company, V-Trust has a sound inspection network covering China, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Cambodia and Bangladesh. Our 300+ full-time inspectors are well trained, reliable and experienced in inspection for a wide product range. In 2019, more than 3,200 importers and buyers all over the world benefited from V-Trust inspection services, and we conducted over 6,200 inspections per month. Besides inspection services, V-Trust also provides buyers with supplier evaluation, laboratory testing & certification services. V-Trust's in house labs are located in Dongguan, China, with full accreditation from international authoritative bodies. Find out how V-Trust can help set your company apart from the competition by verifying whether your products are in compliance with your requirements and standards. Our services:
Contact: V-Trust Inspection Service Co.,Ltd. Add: 11/F, West Tower, Poly World Trade Centre, 1000 Xingang Road E., Guangzhou, China 510335 Tel: +86-20-89089880 Fax: +86-20-89089025 Website: v-trust.com Contact in EU: E-mail: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com Linkedin: linkedin.com |
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Our NetworkV-Trust's 350+ full time inspectors cover wide network of the following six countries in Asia. Our extensive network enables us to offer the same competitive all-inclusive price for the highlighted areas of below maps.
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V-Trust wide network of qualified and experienced full-time inspectors
With the large number of inspection companies and individual QC agents that have sprouted up in the last couple of years it may be hard to decide on a suitable partner or even know what to look for. Below are a few reasons you should consider our services.
V-Trust has numerous certifications to provide you with inspections, audits, and laboratory testing reports which are recognized and valid in virtually all major markets worldwide.
Our wide network of qualified and experienced full-time inspectors and customer service team ensure that your quality assurance needs are met on time, and handled with the upmost professionalism.
No surprise, all-inclusive pricing system which simultaneously reduces your QC cost and mitigates losses due to poor quality products.
For more information on this topic please visit our blog How to choose a good inspection company in China? This will give you enough information to make an informed decision. We hope that you will give our services a try, we are confident we can make the best partner for you.
Feel free to visit our website (www.v-trust.com) to get to know more about our company and services, and should you have any questions, please feel free connect with us: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
V-Trust has numerous certifications to provide you with inspections, audits, and laboratory testing reports which are recognized and valid in virtually all major markets worldwide.
- TIC & IFIA (The International Federation of Inspection Agencies) accreditation
- AQSIQ (abbr. of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine) Chinese government accreditation
- CNAS 17020 & 17025 (ISO/IEC 17020 & 17025) (Qualification & capability of technical and quality assurance level)
- Accredited by ILAC, our reports are valid and officially recognized in most of the countries all over the world.
- ISO9001:2015 certification, certified by UKAS and Moody
- AAFA Member (American Apparel & Footwear Association)
- Sedex Affiliate Audit Company
Our wide network of qualified and experienced full-time inspectors and customer service team ensure that your quality assurance needs are met on time, and handled with the upmost professionalism.
- Inspection network covering China, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh & Malaysia.
- 350+ Full-Time Inspectors. No part-time inspectors.
- Endorsements from 12,000 importers and buyers all over the world.
- Strong technical background of inspectors and engineers.
- Hard working team and always a prompt response, account managers are reachable almost 24/7.
- 90+ engineers, QC supervisors and customer service staff work in our head office.
No surprise, all-inclusive pricing system which simultaneously reduces your QC cost and mitigates losses due to poor quality products.
- Competitive all-inclusive price of USD268 in the main export areas of China, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh & Malaysia, and USD 298 elsewhere. (Please see our coverage map here)
- No extra charge for travelling expenses.
- No extra charge for weekend inspections.
For more information on this topic please visit our blog How to choose a good inspection company in China? This will give you enough information to make an informed decision. We hope that you will give our services a try, we are confident we can make the best partner for you.
Feel free to visit our website (www.v-trust.com) to get to know more about our company and services, and should you have any questions, please feel free connect with us: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com
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V-Trust has a solid and long history in providing quality control services including product inspection, supplier evaluation, and laboratory testing for retailers, consumer brands, private labels, and all importers and traders willing to have a comprehensive assessment before their products are shipped from Asia.
V-Trust can help you with Product Inspections and Factory Audits in China, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Malaysia. Our full-time inspectors and auditors will help to spot the non-conformities to ensure the quality of your goods and ultimately your reputation. Feel free to visit our website (www.v-trust.com) to get to know more about our company and services, and should you have any questions, please feel free connect with us: marcin.nowak@v-trust.com |
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