Do you need a pre-shipment inspection?
An inspection is cheap insurance for some orders and wasted money for others. The decision depends on your supplier history, product risk, and what a failed shipment would cost you.
What this page will cover
- A decision framework: when an inspection is worth it — and when it is not
- What a pre-shipment inspection can verify, and what it cannot
- Inspection types and how they differ (pre-shipment, during production, container loading)
- How to brief an inspection so the result is actually usable
- How inspection fits with factory audits and supplier verification
This section is under preparation. The homepage already explains how this decision fits into a sourcing project.
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