Third-party inspection services in China

Five services, one team of inspectors working on your behalf at the manufacturer's works.

• Vendor inspection

  Vendor inspection, also called source inspection or third-party inspection, means our inspector attends the manufacturer's works on your behalf at the hold and witness points in your inspection and test plan.

• Resident inspection

  A resident inspector works at the vendor's factory every day for the length of the fabrication, so every hold and witness point is covered without call-out delays.

• Expediting

  Expediting means checking the real progress of your order at the manufacturer, against the agreed schedule, and raising delays early enough to act on them.

• Vendor audit

  A vendor audit checks whether a manufacturer in China can actually build what you plan to order, before you place the purchase order.

• NDT and test witnessing

  We witness non-destructive testing, PMI and mechanical tests at manufacturers and laboratories in China, and review results against the acceptance criteria in your specification.