Before you start working with a manufacturer are you 100% certain that they fully understand your quality expectations? Do they know whether a particular defect is minor or major? If there’s a slight variation, at what point does it become unacceptable?
Without quality standards, a lot of this is guesswork leading to higher costs, delayed shipments, and, ultimately, poor quality products and annoyed customers and suppliers!
Sofeast’s CEO, Renaud, and Adrian from the team discuss the levels of quality standards, from basic to more advanced. Used together, they keep everyone aligned!
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Listen: Levels of Quality Standards (from Basic to Advanced)
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Episode sections
- 00:00 – Greetings & Introduction
- 01:03 – What are quality standards?
- 07:51 – Does every importer implement a clear standard?
- 10:41 – 1. The golden sample.
- 16:20 – 2. Specifications sheet.
- 27:13 – 3. Defect board.
- 29:23 – 4. Boundary samples.
- 34:37 – How to handle and keep physical samples safe?
- 38:19 – Avoiding different conclusions being drawn during inspections by confirming the measurement system to be used, etc.
- 41:57 – Wrapping up.
Related content…
We’ve created some great resources on this topic – read them here 🤓👇
- Product specifications template for importers in China [FREE download]
- Documenting Your Company’s Quality Standard into the Details
- Is your China factory’s quality standard too low?
- Golden Sample: Why You Need It Before Mass Production Starts
- Why Is A Pre-Production Sample So Important? [Podcast]
- Quality Control Plan: Defining Expectations Before Production
- Product quality inspections in China/Asia [solutions from Sofeast]
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