
What is an Initial Production Check?
Initial Production Check, or IPC, is an inspection service of raw materials, components, and products that are carried out at the very beginning of product production. It is typically performed when 10-20% of your products have been produced.
When should you use Initial Production Check?
Initial Production Check helps to identify potential issues with your products during the very initial phase of the production stage. An Initial Production Check is the first step in ensuring product quality consistency throughout the whole production stage. It helps to verify first-run quality requirements, start your production on the right footings, and keep a consistent quality standard. You will be able to minimize wasted time, rework, and shipping delays that can happen at the later stages of your production.
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We recommend you to use Initial Production Check on all kinds of products, especially when you are working with high-risk products and new factories.
How an Initial Production Check can help with your production?
- It ensures that you are using the right raw materials on your products.
- It ensures that the materials fulfill your quality standards.
- It ensures that the materials fulfill the regulatory standards.
- It streamlines your production process by detecting problems and rectifying defects during the early phases of production.
How does Initial Product Check work?
As per the product specification and approved samples provided, we will verify if the correct materials, components, and accessories have been ordered by the factory to your specifications.
In an Initial Production Check, we will also randomly select and inspect a sample of partially produced products for potential defects, then report our findings to you.
What is the Initial Production Check process?
- Get a consultation session with us or directly book via InSpec by BV
- Choose onsite inspection or remote inspection
- Submit your production specification or approved samples
- Our inspectors perform onsite or remote inspectionÂ
- Inspection Report ready for you
Which type of product inspection is best for me?
Your Challenges
Our Solutions
- My product is 100% produced and I want to have Inspection before shipment
- I want to reduce the product return rate from clients
Initial Production Check
Learn More- My product is 100% produced and I want to have Inspection before shipment
- I want to reduce the product return rate from clients
During Production Check
Learn More- I want to conduct inspection early as it's a new factory that I have just started working with.
- My product is high-risk category (toys) and I want to make sure everything starts right at the beginning
Pre-Shipment Inspection
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Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas is a world-leading concept-to-consumer supply chain solutions partner working with organizations throughout the supply chain, With well in excess of 100 offices and laboratories spread around the world we are proud to be the quality managers for many of the world’s leading brands, retailers and their supply chains.
Inspec is an online booking platform to improve your product quality and reduce returns with systematic inspection and audits, You will experience a fast, easy-to-use booking flow for your product inspection services, and you can book one of our next available product specialists to be at your factory for service as quickly as the next day.
Why Bureau Veritas?
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has more than 80,000 employees located in more than 1,600 offices and laboratories around the globe.
As one of the world's leading third-party inspection companies, our inspection team all undergo rigorous technical qualification and integrity training before performing any type of inspection. We offer standard and tailor-made quality control inspection for a wide array of softline and hardline products.
Bureau Veritas helps its clients improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.
Global footprint and local expertise
Bureau Veritas carries out over 400,000 inspections and audits every year. We have over 1200 fully qualified inspectors across 85 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America.
Product expertise
Your product quality inspection is conducted with BV’s inspection protocols which are based on our standard practices and decades of experience from assessing millions of factories and products. All our protocols are optimized to meet today’s requirements.
Ethic & independent quality control
As the world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, we put ethics and integrity at the very top of our priority list. Our Code of Ethics ensures our staff members maintain integrity, professional competence, confidentiality, professional behavior, and high ethical standards in their day-to-day business activities.