Purpose of Pre-Production Inspections
A pre-production inspection ensures that every aspect of the production is properly set up, making the production process ready for scaling. With Qarma, geographical distances are minimized. This is due to the inspector conducting the pre-production inspection before production begins, uploading findings and images of the product's overall appearance directly to Qarma.
With a stable internet connection, everything is immediately accessible, and the report is ready for review as soon as the inspector finishes the inspection on their mobile device. There’s no need for manual data entry into Excel or emailing reports. Relevant watchers / approvers can review the report instantly and are notified once the inspector finalizes the inspection.
This inspection ensures the product is ready for production by focusing on key quality checkpoints, including:
- Color Accuracy – Verifying that the product matches the intended color. This could be compared to sample (visit sample inspections).
- Dimensional Compliance – Ensuring all measurements align with specifications.
- Visual Assessment – Providing an overview of the product’s overall appearance.
- Labelling & Compliance – Confirming that warning labels, safety labels, and other regulatory markings are correctly attached and meet requirements.
Value of Inspection Reports
The general idea of having a pre-production inspection, is to make sure that defects made along the production of a product is caught early in the process without affecting the whole production. In Qarma we support transparency through customizable checklists with checkpoints relevant for you. At the same time, checklists offer to make specific checkpoints mandatory making sure the inspector needs to fill out the necessary information. We offer guidance and best practices in terms of creating a pre-production checklist, see attached example. Qarma provides unlimited checklists at no extra cost, allowing you to define their specificity based on category, item, country, and more.
Key Features of Pre-Production Inspections in Qarma
- Corrective Actions – Defects / improvements can be addressed using Qarma’s corrective action module during inspections. Learn more here.
- Seamless Image Uploads – Easily upload images to document the product’s overall appearance, labels, and color accuracy through our application.
- Barcode Verification – Ensuring the product's barcode matches expectations. Using your order data, you can compare the expected barcode with the scanned one through your predefined checklist. Learn more here.
- Team Collaboration – Assign relevant team members from different departments to approve or receive notifications once the inspection is complete.
- Effortless Traceability – Compare the pre-production inspection report with the scaled production inspection report to identify any mistakes that may have been overlooked.
- Marking specific checkpoints as required – Ensuring the inspector provides all required information.
If this sounds interesting, don’t hesitate to reach out for a free demo of what we can offer you! If you are already a customer and want to add this inspection type to your portfolio, reach out to support@qarmainspect.com or your contact person.