QIMA and SGS sell breadth: labs, certification, cybersecurity, life sciences. We sell depth on one question — can I trust this supplier with my money. Here is exactly where our scope ends.
Before you spend a day on a site visit, confirm the company is a real entity at the address it claims.
One to one and a half days on the floor. The core product: is this factory what it says it is, and will it still be here next year.
At 30% completion. The cheapest moment to catch a systematic defect, and the check most buyers skip.
At 80–100% production. AQL sampling, packaging, labelling, quantities. The last moment before your money leaves.
Watching the goods go into the container, so what you inspected is what actually ships.
For suppliers you already trust. One full audit, then a quarterly snapshot so surprises arrive before the shipment does.
Most providers in this industry will say yes to anything and subcontract the hard parts. We would rather lose the order than write a report we cannot defend in front of your auditor.
These reports can only be issued by amfori- or Sedex-approved firms. We are not one, and we will not pretend to be. If you need a branded compliance report, we tell you to go elsewhere — and we can sit alongside that audit with the commercial questions it does not answer.
Requires CNAS / CMA accredited labs. We do not own one and do not broker samples to the cheapest bidder. If a test result matters, use an accredited lab.
Certification bodies need CNCA approval, and a consultant who prepares a factory for certification cannot also audit it. That conflict of interest is the reason so many certificates in this industry mean nothing.
If you want to come yourself, come. Our value is being there when you cannot.
You submit the factory. We confirm the address is reachable and dispatch within one working day.
One auditor, one full day. Machines counted, meters read, ledgers pulled, three interviews.
Findings ranked by what they cost you, every claim tied to a photographed document.
A negative verdict is co-signed by a second auditor who never visited the site.
If you are not sure, start with the desk check. It costs $390 and often ends the conversation with the supplier.
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