AQF inspects garments, footwear, furniture, vehicle parts and many other products at factories across Indonesia, on behalf of importers and brands. Inspections in Indonesia are carried out by local teams from the Worms group, to which AQF belongs, trained to AQF's standards. They check your goods against your specifications and approved samples before they leave the factory, and you receive the report the next business day. If you are still choosing a supplier, our factory audit services in Indonesia help you narrow down your search.
Indonesia's export manufacturing is concentrated in a few regions:
| Industry | Main production areas |
|---|---|
| Garments and textiles | West Java (Bandung, Bekasi, Bogor), Central Java (Semarang, Solo) |
| Footwear | Banten (Tangerang, Serang), East Java, Central Java |
| Wood and rattan furniture | Jepara (Central Java), Cirebon (West Java), East Java |
| Automotive parts | Industrial estates of Bekasi and Karawang (West Java) |
| Electronics | Batam (Riau Islands) |
| Handicrafts and home decor | Bali, Yogyakarta |
If you find a high defect rate in an order of goods received from your Indonesian supplier, what should you do? Chances are, you may have to rework the affected units and possibly push back the delivery date to your customers. By doing so, you may be spending a lot of time and money fixing your goods as well as upsetting your customers with the delay.
But you can greatly limit the number of defective units received and prevent other problems by conducting product inspection in Indonesia before your order leaves the factory. Pre-shipment inspection at the factory allows you to find any defects and other issues and address them with your supplier right away. This typically saves importers from having to rework products after receiving an order, in addition to limiting unnecessary shipping delays.
Some importers choose to rely on their factory’s own QC staff to conduct product inspection in Indonesia. But most experienced importers insist on hiring a professional third-party inspector to visit their supplier’s factory and inspect on their behalf. Third-party inspectors typically provide more thorough and impartial reporting. But finding the right independent QC team with experience in your product type can be difficult.
When you choose AQF to handle your product inspection in Indonesia, you no longer need to travel abroad to the factory to ensure you’re getting a reliable look at an order before shipping. Instead, by hiring us on an as-needed basis, you’ll have an inspection scheduled within just a few working days. You’ll benefit from our services in a number of ways, including:
You’ll receive clear and accurate reporting to give you the transparency you need to make an informed shipping decision. You have a choice in where you want to manufacture your product. You also have a choice in how much risk you want to accept. Why not mitigate that risk by conducting product inspection in Indonesia?
Book online or contact AQF a few working days before the inspection date. Our engineers prepare an inspection checklist with you, based on your specifications, approved samples and drawings. You receive the report the next business day, or the same day as a paid option. It sets out the facts found on site, with photos, the result of each check and an overall result: PASS, FAIL or PENDING. The decision to ship is always yours.
You can book online or contact AQF a few working days before the date you need.
Garments, footwear, furniture, home decor and vehicle parts.
The next business day as standard, or the same day as a paid option. The report gives the result of each check and an overall result: PASS, FAIL or PENDING.
Yes. See our factory audit services in Indonesia. Lab tests can be arranged through our lab testing service, with partner laboratories accredited to ISO/IEC 17025.
See all our services in Indonesia on our Indonesia page.
You guys are quite efficient in making sure that you are in constant communication with our vendors to set up a time and day to have inspections handled... InTouch definitely pushed to make sure that inspections would be done in a timely manner. Any corrective actions that had to take place were executed well before the exit factory date.
Ron Eclarinal
Director of Production, Betabrand
Since InTouch does a more detailed inspection than what we had depended on with the factories, the quality of the products has improved. Where before when we might find 25 AQL defects, now it's down to three or four,because the factory knows that we want that cut back and InTouch is going to find it.
Deb Choate
Administrative Assistant, Linstol
InTouch’s auditing reduced the level of risk, whether known or unknown, to our company. From the audit findings provided by InTouch, we were much more equipped to make the correct business decision with regard to an acceptable level of risk. The InTouch audit secured our decision making process.
Jerry Davis
Vice President of Purchasing, MJS Packaging
One of our customers had been through multiple suppliers year after year and had been let down with returns and rejections. With InTouch as our eyes and ears on the ground, we retained that business for 5 years without one single rejection or complaint.
Nick Rivera
Director of Operations, MMI Textiles
The speed that we get the reports is always good. We had an experience with some other inspectors where we had to wait an extra day to get the reports. Getting the report as soon as we can is very important, so we can make a decision and give feedback back to the factory.
Denis O'Mahony
Operations and Engineering Manager, Juku Gear
From beginning to end, InTouch is so easy to work with. The inspection report is literally there the next morning when I come into work. It really makes my job easier.
Nicole Thoma
Inside Sales Specialist, MJS Packaging
