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GIS Inspection offers quality control, product inspection, and factory audits services in India to help brands and importers ensure products quality, safety, and compliance throughout their supply chain.
GIS Inspection(General Inspection Service) is a global Quality Assurance and Quality Control company in India and has a professional technical team with strong expertise in quality assurance and a CS team to offer timely service.
Our quality control inspectors and auditors deliver quality assurance and quality control services across India, operating in all major cities and industrial centers, including New Delhi, Punjub, Haryāna, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nādu, and other regions.
Why Performance Quality Control Inspection and Audit When Sourcing from India
Performing quality inspections and factory audits in India is essential for importers looking to ensure that their products meet high standards and that their suppliers have the capacity to produce consistent, compliant, and reliable goods.
Here are the main reasons why QC inspections and supplier assessment are crucial when sourcing from India:
1. Verify Product Quality Before Shipment: Quality inspections allow you to verify that products meet your specifications and quality standards before they are shipped.
2. Assess Supplier Reliability and Capability: Factory audits allow you to evaluate a supplier's facilities, equipment, and processes to determine whether they have the capacity, skills, and systems to meet your quality standards consistently.
3. Ensure Compliance with International Standards and Regulations: Quality inspections and quality assurance help verify compliance with standards and regulations, ensuring that your products can legally and safely enter your market.
4. Protect Your Brand Reputation: Inspections help ensure that products meet your brand's quality standards, safeguarding customer trust and your brand’s image. Factory audits allow you to ensure that your suppliers adhere to ethical standards, labor laws, and environmental regulations, which protects your brand from potential reputation risks.
5. Prevent Expensive Product Recalls: Inspections help identify problems early, which can prevent costly recalls, reputation damage, and customer dissatisfaction.
Hiring a professional third-party inspection agency in India is indeed an effective approach to maintaining product quality, safety, and compliance. It keeps your suppliers in check, your orders shipping on time and, ultimately, ensures customer satisfaction, avoids expensive product recalls.
Factory Audit and Supplier Assessment Services in India
A Factory Audit is a process of assessing and evaluating a supplier’s operations, processes, quality control systems, legality, compliance with regulations, and overall reliability of a potential or existing supplier.
Approving the factory where production will take place is the last step in the process of selecting a supplier. Conducting Factory Audits allows you to ensure that you are working with legit vendors who can provide a consistent supply of high-quality materials and adhere to internationally recognized standards.
A supplier or factory audits in India is a cost-effective way to mitigate the risk of engaging with legitimize businesses and non-compliance with quality requirements. By conducting a factory audit, you can identify risks associated with the supplier or factory before making a deposit.
When conducting factory audits, a comprehensive checklist is critical for ensuring that your quality management systems followed correctly. GIS supplier audits cover the following major checkpoints:
- Basic Information.
- Production and related system
- Quality control
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Products Quality Control Inspection in India
Another crucial method in quality control management is to conduct on-site inspections of the products prior to their shipment from India to your target market. Inspection companies in India like GIS can assist you in identifying issues such as non-compliance with quality standards, substandard manufacturing practices, and inadequate equipment.
GIS product inspections in India can be conducted at all stages of the manufacturing process, including product inspection services（IPC, DUPRO and PSI), and container loading supervision.
Pre-Production Inspection(PPI)
Pre-Production Inspection (PPI) takes place at the beginning of the production process or even before the start of manufacturing to assess the quantity and quality of the raw materials and components, and whether they are in conformity with product specifications.
It is the first step in ensuring that your supplier will consistently manufacture good quality products, which is used to identify quality issues early on in production and to prevent them from causing bigger issues further down the track.
By conducting an Pre-Production Inspection in India, buyers can proactively address any issues early in the production process, minimizing the risk of defects, delays, and quality problems in the final product.
During Production Check (DUPRO)
During Production Check (DUPRO) is conducted when 30%-50% of goods are completed so that to ensure consistent quality in the manufacturing process. Its purpose is to check that the factory follows the original specifications correctly and that the output is still on schedule.
DUPRO (During production inspection) can help to detect and correct any issues or defects that could affect the quality or delivery of the products.
Pre-Shipment Inspection
Pre-Shipment Inspection(PSI, known as Final Random Inspection) is the most popular and commonly used quality inspection method. Pre-Shipment Inspection takes place when the production is 100% completed. Pre-Shipment Inspection can visual check on all the relevant aspects of the product: quantity, components, assembly, aesthetics, function, size, labeling, packaging, and other required parameters.
Pre-Shipment Inspection is an important step in the quality control process that ensures the production complies with the specifications of the buyer.
Loading Supervision (LS)
Loading Supervision (LS) is the final but crucial step in the quality control process that is properly preparing batches for shipping to destination markets.
Container loading inspections is usually performed at the factory, forwarders port to verify count to ensure your products are loaded correctly. Inspectors will supervise throughout the whole process and ensure your products are handled professionally to guarantee their safe arrival to their final destination.
Also, this inspection confirms products are consistent with the packing list of the client, ensures the correct amount of different styles, sizes, quantities, and verifies all the product information, and packaging compliance.
GIS Quality Inspection and Audit Service Coverage
As a leading third-party quality control agency in India, GIS Inspection has extensive expertise in product inspections, factory audits, and supplier management services for a wide range of products, including:
- Electric Products: household electric & electronic products, audio/ video products, electronic equipment, computer device, lights and lighting, components, telephony, other electric &electronic products.
- Soft Goods: garment, footwear, home textile, fabric, bag and suitcases, and many more.
- Hard Goods: handicraft, household product, furniture, toys, building and house furnishing product, sports, ceramic products, stone products, other hard goods.
- Mechanical Products: electromechanical device, machine parts, auto parts, pump, mould, machining parts, die casting, stamping parts, other machinery product.
- Chemical Products:chemical raw materials and chemical products, chemicals and additives, fertilizer and compound fertilizer, household chemical product.
- Food: cans, aquatic products, flavorings, others.
GIS Quality Control and Inspection Service Network and Cost in India
GIS Inspections has been providing quality inspection and audit services in India for over years. We have a strong network of inspectors across the country, and our services are available in all major cities including:
Guaranteed all-inclusive price of 259 USD per man-day for pre-shipment inspection in India manufacturing regions. GIS Inspection team in India will devise a quality inspection plan and find quality control solutions to the supply chain. We ensure that your goods meet all regulations and requirements.
4 Reasons Why Global Buyers Choose GIS Inspection to Conduct Quality Inspection
At GIS Inspection, we provide world-leading quality control services both in India and globally. We have a keen focus on various product consumer product categories, including but not limited to home appliances, furniture, outdoor goods, electronics, textiles, garments, toys, footwear.
- Accredited by: CNAS against ISO 17020&17025, CMA certificate, Certificate of qualification for institution of import & export commodity inspection and survey, China entry-exit inspection and quarantine association import and export commodity inspection and survey organization branch member certificate.
- A dedicated CS will be assigned to follow up your inspection request from start to end to ensure a smooth communication.
- Highly competitive and all-inclusive rate as per country without charging additional travel costs.
- Comprehensive inspection reports, replete with images and inspection records, offer a transparent view of the product quality.
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GIS Inspection Enhances your Company’s Quality Management
GIS Inspection is a trusted by global agency for ensuring quality control and quality assurance in India. We specialize in product quality inspection and supplier audit for all types of consumer apparel, textile, footwear, fabric, home appliances, lighting, tors, and furniture and more.
GIS Inspection provides a highly specialized approach to quality control, with dedicated engineering teams focusing on specific product categories and requirements. This structure allows them to cater to diverse product needs and tailor quality programs to meet client expectations effectively.
With a hands-on approach, our highly trained and professional inspectors and auditors will inspect your products at all stages of production, from raw materials to finished goods.
To learn more about our quality control services, or to schedule a free consultation, contact us today.
