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Supplier Verification — supplier verification before payment or signing a contract. It helps determine who you are dealing with: a real factory, a trading company, an intermediary, or a risky counterparty.
Legal Company Check — legal verification of a Chinese company. Registration, business license, address, scope of activity, and consistency of the company name in the invoice, contract, and documents are checked.
Business License — the business license of a Chinese company. This is the basic document confirming the supplier’s legal existence and permitted activity.
Golden Sample — the approved reference sample of the product. The production batch is compared against it: materials, color, assembly, configuration, packaging, and functionality.
QC Checklist — a quality control checklist tailored to a specific product. It records exactly what to check: dimensions, weight, tests, packaging, labeling, defects, and acceptable tolerances.
Critical Defect — a critical defect related to safety, legal compliance, or complete unusability of the product. Such defects usually have zero tolerance: the batch must not be shipped before correction.
Major Defect — a major defect that affects sales, function, or appearance of the product. Such a defect can lead to returns, customer complaints, marketplace suspension, or a dispute with the buyer.
Minor Defect — a minor defect that does not affect the product’s function. For example, a light scratch, a slight color deviation, or a small cosmetic imperfection within acceptable limits.
PASS — the batch passed inspection against the agreed criteria. This is not an absolute guarantee of zero defects, but a decision that the checked sample meets the acceptable quality level.
FAIL — the batch did not pass inspection. This is usually grounds to stop shipment, withhold the balance, request rework, replacement, sorting, or a reinspection.
HOLD — the decision is temporarily suspended pending clarification or correction. This status is used when additional photos, tests, supplier comments, or client approval are needed.
CAPA / Corrective & Preventive Actions — a corrective and preventive action plan. It shows what the factory is fixing now and how it will prevent the same mistake from recurring in future batches.
Packaging & Labeling Inspection / PLI — inspection of packaging and labeling. The inspector checks cartons, stickers, barcodes, instructions, SKU, country of origin, and marketplace requirements.
SKU — a unique product code. It is needed to avoid mixing up models, colors, sizes, configurations, and batches during production, inspection, and loading.
Packing List — the packing list for the batch. It specifies cartons, quantity, weight, volume, and cargo structure, which are checked during inspection and shipment.
Commercial Invoice — a commercial invoice. This document contains the seller, buyer, product, value, and deal terms, and is required for payment and customs clearance.
Purchase Order / PO — a production or purchase order. It records the product, quantity, price, lead times, packaging, quality requirements, and delivery terms.
Specification / Spec — the technical specification of the product. The more precisely it is written, the fewer disputes there are with the factory over materials, dimensions, functions, packaging, and quality.
Bill of Materials / BOM — the list of materials and components. It is especially important for OEM/ODM, electronics, furniture, textiles, and products where the supplier may quietly replace components.
Legal Company Check — legal verification of a Chinese company. Registration, business license, address, scope of activity, and consistency of the company name in the invoice, contract, and documents are checked.
Business License — the business license of a Chinese company. This is the basic document confirming the supplier’s legal existence and permitted activity.
Golden Sample — the approved reference sample of the product. The production batch is compared against it: materials, color, assembly, configuration, packaging, and functionality.
QC Checklist — a quality control checklist tailored to a specific product. It records exactly what to check: dimensions, weight, tests, packaging, labeling, defects, and acceptable tolerances.
Critical Defect — a critical defect related to safety, legal compliance, or complete unusability of the product. Such defects usually have zero tolerance: the batch must not be shipped before correction.
Major Defect — a major defect that affects sales, function, or appearance of the product. Such a defect can lead to returns, customer complaints, marketplace suspension, or a dispute with the buyer.
Minor Defect — a minor defect that does not affect the product’s function. For example, a light scratch, a slight color deviation, or a small cosmetic imperfection within acceptable limits.
PASS — the batch passed inspection against the agreed criteria. This is not an absolute guarantee of zero defects, but a decision that the checked sample meets the acceptable quality level.
FAIL — the batch did not pass inspection. This is usually grounds to stop shipment, withhold the balance, request rework, replacement, sorting, or a reinspection.
HOLD — the decision is temporarily suspended pending clarification or correction. This status is used when additional photos, tests, supplier comments, or client approval are needed.
CAPA / Corrective & Preventive Actions — a corrective and preventive action plan. It shows what the factory is fixing now and how it will prevent the same mistake from recurring in future batches.
Packaging & Labeling Inspection / PLI — inspection of packaging and labeling. The inspector checks cartons, stickers, barcodes, instructions, SKU, country of origin, and marketplace requirements.
SKU — a unique product code. It is needed to avoid mixing up models, colors, sizes, configurations, and batches during production, inspection, and loading.
Packing List — the packing list for the batch. It specifies cartons, quantity, weight, volume, and cargo structure, which are checked during inspection and shipment.
Commercial Invoice — a commercial invoice. This document contains the seller, buyer, product, value, and deal terms, and is required for payment and customs clearance.
Purchase Order / PO — a production or purchase order. It records the product, quantity, price, lead times, packaging, quality requirements, and delivery terms.
Specification / Spec — the technical specification of the product. The more precisely it is written, the fewer disputes there are with the factory over materials, dimensions, functions, packaging, and quality.
Bill of Materials / BOM — the list of materials and components. It is especially important for OEM/ODM, electronics, furniture, textiles, and products where the supplier may quietly replace components.
