Unlike final inspections, production monitoring does not take a random sample of a finished order. Instead, your products are inspected at multiple points on the assembly line before they are ever packaged. When defects are identified, the affected products are removed from the line and separated in order to be reworked in accordance with your quality standards.
If your supplier has failed multiple pre-shipment inspections for the same recurring defects, you may want to consider production monitoring services from AQF. Production monitoring allows you to drastically reduce the amount of defective items that are packaged and shipped – saving you both time and money.
Here’s how AQF’s effective production monitoring program can benefit you:
The AQF technical department examines an approved sample of your product and records all dimensions, product markings, shipper carton markings, and functions.AQF production monitoring services are customizable and combinable with other AQF services to meet the specific needs of your product and organization. Truly the highest standard in quality control, production monitoring allows AQF to represent your quality standards at all times, as if you were in the factory yourself.
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
