Quality control and compliance

Swades ensure a high standard of product quality and compliance for products sourced in India

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Quality is a core value of Swades and integral to our business. Our commitment to clients is quality control and compliance and this means that everything we do is done to the highest standard in the industry

Quality Control

Quality Control itself is the specific process we use to achieve consistency with your finished products, and in this we work closely with you and the vendor. Our Quality team conduct inspections on your behalf at different stages of the production process and before your orders leave the factory to be shipped to you.

Sometimes clients will come to us just for independent third party inspection provision where they do not need other elements of our end-to-end service.

  • We follow the AQL standard 2.5 level II that determines inspection volumes and will complete agreed inspection checklists to follow out the relevant tests. Should you have a specific requirement we need to be told and we can adapt to the same

  • Physical tests are used to conduct product quality; these might include product functionality and safety, stretch test and pull tests

  • Lab tests are also conducted which will include piling tests, flammability tests, crocking and many more

  • Another key part of inspection is performing label checks. We ensure that each product has the correct information on the label, such as care instructions and size

  • We will also check inner and outer cartons so that it meets your specified requirements and ensure that the barcode on the product can be scanned

All of this together gives a detailed quality control package that ensures you are compliant with regulations and meet your brand’s highest standards.

Compliance

The main objective of compliance is not only to ensure adequate and legal safety measures, but also to promote the health and welfare of our vendor workforces in their factories.

There are statutory factory compliance audits conducted to regulate the safety, health, licensing, working hours, annual leave, minimum wages, and other legal matters as clients would expect. All the factories that we work with are compliant in all these respects and do not in any way break the legal boundaries in their operations. In line with our own values, we work with our global clients and vendors to exceed minimum expectations and so that factories can with ease pass audits under the compliance systems of well-known brands such as Walmart , Target , Costco in the US or Tesco’s in the UK. Swades has the necessary checks and balances in place to do spot checks of the factories to ensure that at no point are the factories wavering from their compliance’s and that the required audits are taking place on time.

‘ I have no hesitation in recommending Swades for end to end sourcing as well as overseeing testing and compliance. They are 100% ethical and speak openly and honestly even when the news is hard to hear’. Buying Director, Multiple Gift Store Group UK

We would love to help you so please get in touch and see what Swades can do