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Factory Audit & Product Inspection in China

Verify a supplier’s production environment. Check products against your order requirements. Yoursender coordinates on-the-ground factory assessments and product inspections in China, with clear scopes, photo evidence and practical findings before you commit or ship.

Two complementary services

Check the factory. Check the product.

Choose the verification that matches your sourcing stage. We confirm the checklist, sampling approach and deliverables before the assignment begins.

China Factory Audit

Assess a potential manufacturing partner before placing an order, qualifying a new supplier or expanding production.

  • Company identity and business information review
  • Factory address and facility walkthrough
  • Production equipment, workflow and process observations
  • Workforce and stated production-capacity discussion
  • Quality-control procedures and available records
  • Documented observations, concerns and follow-up questions

Product Inspection in China

Check goods during production or before shipment against the specifications and acceptance criteria agreed for your order.

  • Quantity, assortment and model verification
  • Appearance, workmanship and key dimensions
  • Functional checks based on product requirements
  • Packaging, carton marks, labels and barcode checks
  • Defect classification and supporting photographs
  • Inspection summary and recommended next steps

Why verify before you proceed?

Find issues while you still have options.

A supplier quotation or online profile cannot show every detail of a production site. A factory visit can help you understand the facility, equipment and quality processes observed on the day. Product inspection can identify sampled defects, packaging discrepancies or functional issues before goods leave the factory.

Our role is to perform the checks agreed with you, record what is observed and communicate the findings. An audit or inspection is a point-in-time assessment. It does not guarantee future production performance or eliminate every possible risk.

Factory-floor example

Real production-floor photographs

These photographs show a partner-factory production area. They are shared as an example of the type of manufacturing environment that may be documented during a factory visit; they are not presented as photographs of Palaza or as an independently verified audit result.

Production floor and assembly workstations at a partner factory in China
Partner-factory production floor — assembly workstations and equipment
Workers at production and assembly stations in a partner factory in China
Partner-factory production floor — workstations and production activity

Factory reference · separate example

Explore a Palaza factory VR tour

The following is a separate factory reference shared for visitors who want to explore a manufacturing site virtually. It is not the source of the two partner-factory photographs above.

Shenzhen Palaza Technology Co., Ltd. — PALAZA GARDEN

Palaza’s own factory profile describes its business in gardening products and accessories and provides a virtual factory tour. Any company background, facility size, workforce, equipment or capacity figures shown in that tour are factory-provided statements, not Yoursender audit findings or independent verification.

Open the Palaza virtual factory tour ↗

Inspection report example

A documented pre-shipment inspection case

An anonymized example of how a product inspection report records its sampling plan, findings and acceptance decision.

LED Nail Lamp · 4,500-unit order

The supplied report records a pre-shipment inspection dated September 10, 2025, for LED nail lamp model BQ5T. The report states that 200 units were sampled under ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2008, Single Sampling Plan, General Inspection Level II.

4,500Order / batch quantity
200Sample size
0 / 1.0 / 2.5AQL: critical / major / minor
PassedConclusion recorded in report

What the report recorded

  • Critical defects: 0
  • Major defects: 2 — one detached base magnet and one carton damage finding
  • Minor defects: 2 — product stains
  • Checks included function, appearance, product and packaging, barcode, dimensions, weight, charging-cable length and a four-hour operating test.

Important: This was a sampling inspection, not a 100% inspection. The “Passed” conclusion reflects the report’s stated sampling plan and acceptance limits; it does not mean every unit was checked or that every unit was defect-free. This nail-lamp case is separate from the Palaza factory-tour example.

Our process

From inspection scope to clear findings.

Each assignment is tailored to the product, supplier, order stage and inspection objective.

1

Share the details

Send the supplier information, product specifications, order quantity and questions you need answered.

2

Agree the checklist

Confirm the inspection scope, sampling method, acceptance criteria, timing and deliverables.

3

Conduct the checks

Coordinate the factory visit or product inspection and record relevant observations and evidence.

4

Review the report

Receive a structured summary with photographs, findings, limitations and suggested follow-up actions.

Frequently asked questions

Factory audit & product inspection FAQs

What is included in a China factory audit?

A factory audit can cover company and facility information, production equipment and processes, workforce and capacity observations, quality-control procedures and documented findings. The exact checklist is agreed before the visit.

What does a pre-shipment inspection check?

Depending on the agreed scope, a pre-shipment inspection can check sampled product appearance, workmanship, function, quantity, packaging, labels and barcodes against your order requirements.

Does an AQL inspection check every unit?

No. AQL-based inspection uses a defined sample from a lot. The result describes the sample and acceptance decision under the agreed sampling plan; it is not a 100% inspection and cannot guarantee that every unit is defect-free.

Can you inspect a supplier before I place an order?

Yes. A factory audit or supplier assessment can be scoped before an order. Share the supplier details and the capabilities or risks you want assessed.

Can inspection include product testing or certification?

Basic functional checks may be included when agreed in the checklist. Third-party laboratory testing, product certification and specialist compliance assessments are separate services unless explicitly included in the agreed scope.

Before you place or ship an order

Tell us what you need checked.

Share your supplier, product and project stage. We can help define a practical China factory audit or product inspection scope.

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Factory auditSupplier and facility review
Product inspectionChecks against agreed criteria