Inspection programme
A rejected shipment costs many times more than the inspection that would have prevented it. BCBD inspects textiles, yarn, fabric, garments, footwear, leather, ceramics and other consumer products at the supplier’s premises — verifying quality, quantity, workmanship and packing against your specification, before the goods are on the water.
- SA 8000 (Social Accountability Audit)
- Factory Audit / Evaluation
- PPC — Pre-Production Check
- IPC — Initial Production Check
- DUPRO — During Production Check
- FRI — Final Random Inspection and/or PSI — Pre-Shipment Inspection
- LS — Loading Supervision (cargo, container & vessel)
How our sampling works
Inspection is to ANSI/ASQC Z1.4–2003 (ISO 2859-1) / US MIL-STD-105E, using a single sampling plan for normal inspection, Level II, unless you instruct otherwise. Your approved sample, swatch and order specification are lodged with us before we attend.
- Samples are chosen at random by our inspector — never guided by the supplier, and never by whichever cartons are easiest to reach.
- We and our inspectors are completely independent, and accept no favour or gift from the supplier.
Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)
- Critical defects — AQL: 0.0
- Major defects — AQL: 2.5
- Minor defects — AQL: 4.0
Sampling and analysis
On request, we draw and seal samples during inspection for dispatch to you and/or to a laboratory for analysis.
Re-inspection
If an inspection fails, you may request a second one — and you pay only for the first. Subsequent inspections of the same goods are invoiced directly to the supplier, unless you instruct otherwise. The party that caused the failure carries its cost.
Loading supervision
An inspection is only as good as what actually gets loaded. Under loading supervision we confirm that the goods being shipped are the goods we inspected, and that container, cargo and vessel conditions are satisfactory at the moment of loading.
The Inspection Certificate
- On completion of the mandated inspection, we issue an Inspection Certificate (I/C).
- If the supplier withholds anything we need to issue the I/C, we put the facts to you for a decision without delay — we do not paper over gaps.
- Distribution of the I/C follows your instructions.
Procedure, cost & coverage
Procedures follow ANSI, US MIL-STD-105E, SAI, IFIA, IICL, ISO and/or your specific guidelines. Our man-day rate depends on order volume and scope, and is quoted on request. Through our association with multinational service providers, the same programme is available worldwide.
