Quality tools and guides for importers and QC professionals
Free calculators, guides and checklists to plan inspections and read reports with confidence — plus AI-powered tools that build and review your inspection reports for you.
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AQL Sample Size Calculator
Enter your order quantity and quality limits to get the exact sample size and accept/reject numbers under ISO 2859-1 (ANSI/ASQ Z1.4) — instantly, free, no sign-up.
Guides & Insights
Practical explainers on inspections, defects, AQL, sourcing and factory audits — written by quality professionals.
Read the blog → FreeAQL Tables & Sample-Size Guide
How to read the ISO 2859-1 tables, pick the right inspection level, and set accept/reject numbers with confidence.
Read the guide →Free pre-shipment inspection templates & checklists
Ready-to-use PSI report templates and inspection checklists for the most common product categories — the checkpoints, AQL defaults and packaging tests that matter for a final random inspection. Download the ones you need — free. Each is a complete, ready-to-use Word report you can edit and brand as your own.
Apparel & Softlines — PSI Template
Quantity, measurements, workmanship defects by AQL, care/labeling, barcodes, poly-bag and carton checks for garments & textiles.
Open template → Free · DownloadFootwear — PSI Template
Sizing, pairing, bonding & stitching, workmanship, labeling and carton checks for shoes & footwear.
Open template → Free · DownloadElectronics & Appliances — PSI Template
Function & safety tests, power/plug, accessories, labeling and packaging/drop checks for electronics & small appliances.
Open template → Free · DownloadFurniture & Hardlines — PSI Template
Assembly, stability, dimensions, finish, hardware and carton drop-test checkpoints for furniture & homeware.
Open template → Free · DownloadMechanical Parts & Components — PSI Template
Dimensions & tolerances, material and finish, thread & fastener checks, functional fit, surface treatment (plating/coating) and packaging checkpoints for machined & fabricated parts.
Open template → Free · DownloadHomeware & Kitchenware — PSI Template
Food-contact, capacity, finish, function and packaging checkpoints for kitchen & household goods.
Open template → Free · DownloadToys & Juvenile — PSI Template
Safety-critical checkpoints, small parts, sharp edges, labeling and age-grading for toys & baby products.
Open template → Free · DownloadAmazon FBA — PSI Template
FNSKU, poly-bag, suffocation warning, carton and prep-compliance checkpoints to avoid FBA rejections.
Open template →Build the template. Check the report. Trust the result.
Built on real inspection reports and international AQL standards — not generic AI.
AI Report Template Builder
Turn your spec, tech-pack and drawings into a rigorous, product-specific inspection template — so whoever inspects checks exactly what matters. The AI detects the type, product, SKUs and sampling plan for you; you can override anything.
Feed the AI the full job pack — booking form, spec, sampling plan, drawings, measurement sheet, photos — and it builds the report in minutes, in your firm's own format. Send us one sample report and we recreate your exact template, preserved to the pixel.
Beyond the standard sections, the AI adds checkpoints matched to your exact product — stone-setting checks on a ring, strap pull-tests on flip-flops, salt-spray on a casting.
- Sampling math computed from ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 — never AI-guessed
- A full sampling plan per SKU, automatically
- Adapts to Pre-Shipment, During-Production, Initial Production Check & Container Loading
- Word + Excel output, in multiple languages
AI Report Review
Upload a completed report — from your own team or your QC company — and get an independent second opinion in minutes. The AI reconciles it against the AQL, flags gaps and missed defects, and reads every inspection photo — so you know whether to trust or challenge what you received.
Run every report through an AI reviewer before it reaches your client. It reconciles the result against the AQL, flags gaps and errors, and reads every photo — so problems are caught in-house, not in front of the buyer.
The AI reads the inspection photos, not just the write-up — catching what's visible but easy to miss: corrosion on a contact, a scorched element, a visibly misaligned seam, damaged or missing components, a product that doesn't match the approved sample.
- Red flags annotated in the report itself — correction-ready
- Or a separate findings report + Excel annex when you can't edit the original
- Multi-SKU aware — separate lots roll up worst-case
- Reads reports & returns feedback in multiple languages
Learn the fundamentals
Clear, practical explainers on the quality concepts every importer runs into.
Critical, Major & Minor Defects Explained
How every inspection decides pass or fail — with real examples across apparel, electronics, furniture and toys.
Read guide →AQL Tables & Sample Size Guide
How to read the ISO 2859-1 tables, pick inspection levels, and set the right accept/reject numbers.
Read guide →Product Inspection Report: Key Checkpoints
What a complete inspection report should contain — and the checkpoints buyers most often miss.
Read guide →How to Select an Inspection Company
The criteria that separate a reliable QC partner from a risky one, and the questions to ask before you book.
Read guide →Factory Audits: Types & Guide
Capability, quality, social compliance, C-TPAT — which audit you need and what each one covers.
Read guide →Pre-Shipment Inspection Cost
What inspections actually cost, how man-day pricing works, and how to budget across countries.
Read guide →Sourcing-specific guidance
Industry guides
Quality-control guidance tailored to softlines, hardlines, electronics, industrial and medical products — the checkpoints and risks that matter for your category.
Explore industries →Country guides
Inspection and sourcing insight for 24 manufacturing countries across Asia and the Middle East — from China and Vietnam to Turkey and the UAE.
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