What to Agree Before Booking an Inspection

Direct answer

Agree the product specifications, the sampling plan and Acceptance Quality Limit (AQL) values, and any checklist, defect-classification or video requirements, before the inspection is booked. Sampling follows ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2008, unless another plan is agreed before booking. The default is General Inspection Level II, with AQL Critical 0 / Major 2.5 / Minor 4.0, which you may adjust. Photographs and measurements are included where applicable. Every inspection is quoted individually. Contact us for a tailored quote.

Information to send with a request

To request a quote, send the product, order quantity, factory city (and the address if you have it), inspection stage, specifications and preferred date. Include variants, packing requirements and known quality concerns. If a specification is unfinished, say which points are still open. The assignment, location and scope are confirmed when booking.

Sampling plan and AQL

An inspection level and an AQL value are not the same thing. The inspection level affects how sample size relates to lot size under the chosen scheme. AQL — Acceptance Quality Limit, the term used in ISO 2859-1 — is the defect acceptance criterion, usually set separately for critical, major and minor defects.

Unless another plan is agreed before booking, sampling follows ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2008. The default is General Inspection Level II, with AQL Critical 0 / Major 2.5 / Minor 4.0. You may adjust these values; agree them before booking. This page does not reproduce copyrighted sampling tables.

Photographs, checklists and video

The report records the agreed scope, observations and results, with photographs and measurements where applicable. If you need a specific checklist, a defined defect classification, or video, agree those requirements before booking. This page does not treat video as a standard inclusion, and it does not promise live or remote streaming.

Lot readiness

The lot should be ready as agreed before the visit, so that the inspection can follow the agreed scope. See Having the Lot Ready Before an Inspection.

How to enquire

Use Contact or email joy@chinainspectionpro.com. Contact us for a tailored quote.

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