Process
How We Inspect an Order
Inspection reduces the mismatch risk between the specification and the delivered goods. It does not remove it. What follows is the five-step sequence we run on our own orders, and what each stage can and cannot evidence.
- 01
Specification and drawing freeze
The order is defined in writing before anything is cut: panel core and thickness, steel sheet gauge, frame section and galvanising, surface finish, door and window schedule, electrical scope, quantity and the loading plan. If the specification is not written down, a deposit is buying a promise — and no later inspection can recover a product that was never defined.
- 02
First-piece approval
Before the full run is released, a first unit or first panel is checked against the frozen drawing and approved. This is the cheapest point at which a wrong interpretation can still be corrected, because nothing has been produced at volume yet.
- 03
In-line quality control during production
Production is reviewed at key stages rather than only at the end: this is the stage that catches a missing component before it becomes a missing component in a foreign country. Findings on a component held in stock are flagged to the buyer while the order can still be adjusted.
- 04
Measured pre-shipment inspection on the actual production run
The batch is measured against the drawing and the specification on the run that will actually ship — not on a sample kept from an earlier order. Measurement photographs are taken per order rather than replaced with a stock example, and a photo report is shared with the buyer before dispatch.
- 05
Packing list against the cartons that were actually loaded
The packing list is prepared against the cartons that were actually loaded, not against the quotation, because those two lists drift apart during production — and the loaded one is the one that clears customs.
Limits
What This Page Does Not Claim
- No independent laboratory testing by default. Where a project needs third-party or laboratory testing, it is arranged and named in the order documents rather than assumed.
- No certificates we have not seen. Certificate numbers and issuing bodies are confirmed per order; if a document does not resolve at the issuing body, we say so.
- No zero risk. Inspection reduces the mismatch risk between the specification and the delivered goods. It does not remove it, and any supplier who claims otherwise is telling you something useful.
The inspection scope for a specific order, and who performs it, is stated on the proforma invoice rather than assumed. Product-specific test documentation is listed on the certifications page.
Want the Inspection Scope Written Into Your Quotation?
Tell us which stages your project needs evidenced, and we will state the inspection scope, the documents and the photo report in the quotation before any deposit is paid.
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