How we are set up
One inspector. Every country you buy from.
Our inspectors are based in Pakistan and travel to the factory. The same person applies the same standard across your entire supplier base — not a different local subcontractor in every country, who may well know the factory owner.
Importers and retailers in Europe
Retail chains, wholesalers and importers who order container loads they cannot go and see for themselves.
Wherever your supplier is
We attend the manufacturer in person, on your schedule, whether the factory is in Europe or Asia.
- Notice needed — Europe
- 14 daysTravel and visa processing
- Notice needed — Asia
- 7 daysTravel and factory scheduling
- Report turnaround
- 24 hoursFrom leaving the factory floor
What we do
Three services. Most clients start with one.
Importers come to us to check goods. Buyers come to us to decide what to order. Manufacturers come to us to find buyers. The three fit together, but you can hire us for any one of them.
Pre-shipment quality audits
Our inspector attends the factory before you confirm the order or release the balance payment, samples the goods against your own specification, and tells you what is actually in the cartons.
- ISO 2859-1 AQL sampling
- Critical / major / minor grading
- Timber moisture readings
- Joint and frame integrity
- Finish, colour and hardware
- Dimensions against spec
- Carton drop and packaging
- Container loading supervision
Regional demand data
Which models earn their floor space in your market, at what price band, and which ones will tie up your capital for two seasons.
Export marketing
Get your range in front of the people who actually write purchase orders, in the markets where it will sell.
How an audit runs
From your order to a go or no-go.
Five steps, in order. Each one decides whether the next happens — and only two of them need anything from you.
You send the brief
Purchase order, specification, tolerances, and anything a supplier has got wrong before. We turn it into an inspection checklist and send it back for your approval.
YouWe travel to the factory
We fix the date with you, then our inspector flies out and attends in person. One named inspector, whichever country the manufacturer is in.
UsSampling on the floor
Units drawn to ISO 2859-1 at the AQL you set. Frames, joints, finish, hardware, dimensions and packaging, each defect graded critical, major or minor and counted against the accept and reject numbers.
UsReport within 24 hours
Photographs, measurements and defect counts, with the verdict stated plainly. Findings, not opinions dressed up as findings.
UsYou decide
Release for loading, send back for rework, or hold payment. If it goes back for rework we can re-inspect, and supervise the container being stuffed.
YouRe-inspection after rework quoted separately
Get started
Tell us what you're importing.
Send the product, the quantity and where it is being made. We come back with a scope, a price, and the earliest date we can be on the factory floor.
- 01We read your order and come back with questions, usually the same working day.
- 02You get a written scope and a fixed price. No inspection starts before you approve it.
- 03We confirm the date with you and the factory, and book travel.
We reply to every enquiry. Your details are not shared with any manufacturer.