Coronavirus in China and its consequences on business and quality

What is the current situation in China? What’s going on with my order? When will it be delivered and shipped? You don’t want to travel to China but you still need to follow up your business? Will I run out of stock? That’s some of the questions you might ask yourself.

Stay in your country and use our inspection services.We propose factory audit and evaluation, quality control (before production, during production and before shipping) and container loading surveillance. We work all over China, including Shenzhen, Foshan and Wuhan.

Currently as the world knows China and its people is experiencing this very unwanted  phenomenom in their lives.Many people around the globe are scared even they hear Chinese much more of coming in to China.People all around the world has been warned not to take  a step into China ,hundreds  of inbound and outbound commercial flights have been suspended in the scare of Novel Corona Virus 2019.Inside China,people avoid each other and in just a short period of time nearly all streets are empty, empty shops,thousands of factories and offices from different establishments are now closed. Lockdowns everywhere and millions of people are  strictly advised to stay at home as preventive measures to stop the spreading of corona virus.

Because of this situation a lot of businesses in the entire world are going to be affected as we all know that China is the major producer of today’s economy. One of the problem that a buyer could be facing nowadays is most likely a delayed production of supply because of factories manpower shortage and poor quality issues that will lead to even more delaying of deliveries of the demand.

In order to help buyers, Guangdong Inspection Services is describing the current situation in China from a business point of view and proposes solutions to follow up and ship your orders in good conditions. Our team are set to perform the services you need for your business even in the midst of this corona virus epidemic.. For all your booking and enquiries please contact us by email here  or by whatsapp (+8613430584074).

FAQ of business matters during coronavirus epidemic.

1. When will Chinese manufacturers resume work?

Most of productions will be delayed few weeks. Some factories will start working on February the 17th, including cities like Shenzhen and Dongguan.

Some factories and offices have already resumed working after they have received an official authorisation from local authorities.

It is possible that your order will be delivered in few days or weeks.

 

2. Are all workers back to work?

Probably not because lot of people are still not authorized to move out of their home so they can’t go to work or they are not yet back from hometown where they have celebrated the Chinese new year.

 

3. Shall I worry about the quality of my order?

Even if they start producing most of factories will meet 2 issues: some of their workers are not back yet, and their own suppliers are maybe not yet working.

There is a risk of lower quality because of reasons mentioned above.That is why you can book a quality inspector.

 

4. If I can’t go to China how can I verify my order?

If you are not able or not willing to go to China you can book an inspection , whatever is your industry (electronic, furnitures, injection, textile etc…) and the location of your supplier (Shenzhen, Ningbo, Huizhou etc…).

5. How to book a quality inspection?

Buyer just has to send us the following details:

– products full specifications (including pictures, drawings, datasheets…) and quantities

– supplier contact details

We will then liaise with the supplier and confirm the visit date.

 

6. How long before I can receive the QC report and how does it look like?

Report is sent within 24 hours after inspection is finished

 

7. What is included in a quality control?

We verify the following points: quantities produced, product specifications, product functions, packaging of the product, labelling and packing for shipment (quantities per inner box/master carton, carton quality and shipping marks. We can also include a drop test). Note that we can include other points to verify if you have special requirements (customizable QC & report).

 

8. I was supposed to meet a new supplier but the meeting is cancelled, what can I do?

As part of our services we can perform a supplier audit to evaluate its capacities and reliabitlity.

Audit includes evaluation of: turn over ,certifications, human ressources, machineries, management, internal quality control system, communication and handling of complaints.

 

9. What if part of my production has been produced before the Chinese new year?

There is a risk that you supplier has a shortage of workers or will have to hire new workers without experience. In this case we recommend to send inspector to perform a during production inspection. That will include testing of finished products and evaluation of production processes.

 

10. The communication with supplier is now very bad, what can I do?

If you have difficulties to reach your supplier we can help contacting , that is free and it’s part of our regular services.

 

11. Can I ship my goods?

Even with minimal operations most of forwarders have resumed work already, so it should be possible to ship your orders by air, sea and train.

To make sure that your order is properly loaded we can arrange a container loading surveillance during which we will verify the quantities, packing quality and monitor loading.

 

12. Are Chinese banks open?

A  lot of agencies are still closed throughout the country, the online services of the banks are fully operational. You can already transfer money to your vendor and local companies can also tranfer/receive funds.

 

Any other question or specific enquiry please contact us here.