Purpose of Final Inspections
A final inspection provides a comprehensive assessment of product quality, ensuring that all specifications are met before shipment. By conducting this inspection at the end of production, any remaining defects can be identified and addressed, guaranteeing that the product meets overall quality standards.
Beyond quality control, final inspections also offer insights into production readiness, helping to confirm whether the order is complete and ready for delivery. With Qarma, geographical barriers are minimized, allowing you to review inspection results remotely without needing to be physically present at the factory. Relevant watchers / approvers can review the report instantly and are notified once the inspector finalizes the inspection prior to the supplier preparing the goods for shipment.
In addition to accessing the final inspection report, Qarma enables real-time monitoring of the inspection process, provided there is a stable network connection at the factory. This allows for immediate review of pending checkpoints and last-minute corrections before shipment, improving efficiency and ensuring compliance with quality requirements.
The final inspection confirms that production has run smoothly, and the batch is ready for shipment by focusing on key quality checkpoints, such as:
- Colour Accuracy – Verifying that the product matches the intended colour by comparing it to the sample, pre-production or inline report.
- Dimensional Compliance – Ensuring all measurements align with specifications, including both product dimensions and carton dimensions.
- Barcode Verification – Ensuring the product's barcode matches expectations. Using your order data, you can compare the expected barcode with the scanned one. Learn more here.
- 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
By having the final inspection, you ensure that quality standards are met prior to the goods being shipped from the factory. Furthermore, it ensures that no damages on the product were shown prior to the shipment. This plays a role in determining where eventual damages to the products were made either due to wrong packaging or damaged goods upon arrival. This furthermore relates to the container loading inspection. The final inspection can also help in defining who the responsibility lies upon if damages where found. Learn more here.
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 final checklist, see attached examples. Qarma provides unlimited checklists at no extra cost, allowing you to define their specificity based on category, item, country, and more.
Key Features of final 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 colour 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 sample / pre-production / inline (LINKS) 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.