Final Inspection OR Pre Shipment Inspection

 A Pre-Shipment Inspection is a systematic inspection of units selected at random from all batches of ready goods, conducted when your production is at least 80% complete. This is the final opportunity to take corrective action before  production is finished and packed; making it an effective tool to safeguard your product against costly import risks. 

In other words, Pre-shipment inspection is a step taken by buyers, suppliers, agencies, and other trade operators to ascertain the conformity of newly manufactured products before shipping for export or import. It is a systematic procedure for determining whether the manufactured goods for export or import meet the requirements in regards to the quantity, quality standards, specifications, and regulations. All pre-shipment inspections must adhere to internationally recognized ANSI/ASQC Z1.4 (ISO 2859-1) statistical sampling procedure. Comprehensive inspections are conducted before the products are shipped to clients focusing on functionality, performance, durability, appearance, dimension, and so on. During pre-shipment inspections, the inspectors use the AQL sample size selected randomly from all batches in the order. 

 The quality control inspector compiles a comprehensive inspection report and issues pre-shipment inspection certificates based on the findings of the assessment of each criterion. Inspection reports visualize and explain the quality control process while inspection certificates verify whether the batches of products inspected conform to the specifications in the sale contract with a pass or fail. In most countries, local custom departments require pre-shipment inspection certificates to allow entry of imported goods as a measure to protect the health and safety of consumers. Whether you are exporting or importing, pre-shipment inspections offer a wide range of benefits and should be prioritized. 

When working with overseas suppliers, you should take the necessary precautions to mitigate risks. Pre-shipment inspections ensure your order is filled properly according to acceptable quality level and agreed-upon quantity and specifications. The benefits of pre-shipment inspections include:

• Avoid the hassle: The pre-shipment inspection eliminates the stress of last-minute inspections.
• Avoid costly reworks: These are usually conducted  after 80% of production is completed. It can help client avoid costly reworks and delays.
• Regulatory compliance: Pre-shipment inspection can help client get inspection certificates and reports for their  shipment and avoid regulatory issues and costly fines.
• Protect reputation: With PSI, high-quality products are delivered to clients consistently thereby protecting their reputation and brand image.
• Avoid losses: One can conduct PSI and reject shipments with low-quality products. This reduces the risk of loss or misplacement. 
• Quality assurance: PSI gives client the assurance to receive or proceed with the delivery.

Pre-shipment inspections are an effective way to safeguard one's business interests. To enjoy all the benefits of pre-shipment inspection, one can hire an independent third party with expertise in quality control to undertake product inspection. This will guarantee the legitimacy of the inspections.

Preshipment inspection maintains your brand image in front of the regulators and definitely, your clients. PSI inspection helps you in avoiding supply-chain bottlenecks, fines due to regulatory violations and importantly, unsatisfied customers. Since the regulatory requirements around the world  vary from region to region, it can get difficult for an organization to keep track of the latest regulations regarding the shipment of their products. Meanwhile, a pre-shipment inspection can greatly help in keeping your shipment in line with the latest regulations.

Here are a few ways pre-shipment inspection greatly benefits your business:

• It helps you avoid any last minute hassles
• Helps in avoiding expensive reworks and last-minute delays
• Helps in avoiding fines by fulfilling all regulatory requirements
• Helps in maintaining your brand image by ensuring the delivery of high-quality products to your clients.
• PSI inspection avoid misrouting/misplacement of your products

• Qualified and Experienced Inspectors-  All of our inspectors are trained on the various regulations that are used in major export hubs around the world. As such these inspectors keep in mind the regulations of your target country and their custom control while carrying out the Pre shipment inspection. This gives you an extra advantage of having the inspection conducted by experienced professionals who understand the ins and outs of the product and the country your products are being shipped to. 
• Thorough Process-  Furthermore, we have developed strong and thorough processes for our auditors that encourage them to be methodical during the audit. This technique ensures that no detail, minute as it might be, is overlooked. Also, Ace Sure works at regularly updating the checklists according to the changes in regulations if any, in the regulations of the target countries. In addition, each of our checklists is customized based on the requirements of your customers which makes it a thorough net for any discrepancy to be overlooked. 
• Detailed QA Report and Images- We believes in technology and thus use the latest means available to make the audit report vivid and self-explanatory as possible. The PSI audit report is structured and backed with images to help you zero-in on the discrepancies. Plus, our structured approach helps you to easily reference to your vendors the shortcomings to improve on. 
• Open Communication-  We at ASIS are eager to listen out your issues. Since, we believe that until we listen to what you have to say, we won’t be able to provide the best of our services. Thus, you can contact us via any of the available means and open up to us about your problems and how we can improve our approach while working on your project. Also, we encourage your comments and feedback on how you want ASIS to proceed with your project, if there are any special areas that you want to be audited, any shortcomings that you are already aware of, etc. We would love to listen and that is what makes us different from other inspection companies. 
• An Involved Approach-  While carrying out any inspection our QCs are fully involved from the beginning and we feel that we are inspecting our own shipment. Thus, we will also review the areas that we think are usual suspects and need to be inspected. 

Summing up, with ASIS you can sleep easy while we work on your Preshipment inspection and let you know how to iron out any issues that will make the shipment a success, every time, all the time.