One of the most important services offered by India Source is to be your eyes and ears in India all the time. We realize how important it is to make sure your communications are understood, your production processes are followed or your service providers follow standard operating procedures. We provide several levels of service which includes initial production inspections and process set up, on-site inspections both random and scheduled, audits pre and post packing, laboratory testing, and certifications as required.
Our inspection services are designed to minimize risk, delays in production, and problems of misunderstandings. We work to ensure your contracts are enforceable and all provisions are met. These services actually reduce your production costs by anticipating and fixing problems before they get out of hand.
All audits and inspections are done in-person and result in detailed reporting with pictures. Our experienced teams will assess first hand any breaches in contracts, failures in quality, potential piracy and misuse of your intellectual or physical capital, and proper production, packaging, and shipment of your goods and services.
Some of the inspections offered include:
Pre-shipment Inspection (PSI): Goods are inspected before they leave the factory, but after they are packed for export. Random samples are selected according to standards and checked against customer specifications/sampling levels.
Reference Samples: Should be sent to our local international headquarters locations nearest to the factory address. Approved signed off samples at the factory are also acceptable and can help speed up completion of our services.
During Production Inspection (DUPRO): Goods are inspected within the manufacturing process on the production floor. Sometimes occurring after an initial production check to ensure and follow up on recommendations given, as well as to check processes, specifications, packaging, pack and labels.
Initial Production Check (IPC): Goods are inspected at production start up to check for defects or problems in the process, the components, the materials, packaging and overall product quality compared against customers reference sample and specifications.
Container Loading Checks (CLC): Goods are checked for quality, quantity, product and packaging specifications prior to loading into container. Inspector monitors loading process checking containers and ensuring goods are loaded according to customer specifications. Container loading checks can be carried out at the factory, warehouse, forwarder/trading company warehouse or at consolidation and centralized shipping locations.
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