How Manufacturing Control Works With Us
You keep your factory and your purchase order. We put a person on the floor at the points where a problem is still a correction, keep the factory talking in Vietnamese between visits and report to you in English. The goods, the payment to the factory and the supplier relationship stay yours.
Fly someone in, hire locally, or book us
All three work. The question is what the order can carry and what happens between orders.
| Your own engineer flies in | Hire a local QC employee | VN Mfg Control | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Flights, visa, hotel each trip | Recruiting, employer of record, onboarding | One call, scope agreed in writing, first visit within days |
| Cost structure | Per trip, whether or not the line is running | Monthly salary and employer costs | Set in the contract, scoped to the order |
| Between orders | Nothing, the engineer goes home | Salary continues | Nothing, unless you keep an ongoing program |
| Factory language | Through the factory’s English speaker | Vietnamese | Vietnamese on the floor, English to you |
| Who manages the person | You | You, from abroad | We do, against the scope you signed |
Typical characteristics, not a cost comparison. For year-round volume at one site, a local hire may be the better answer; we say so on the call.
From brief to shipment sign-off
Every step produces a document you can act on without a call: a scope, an audit report, visit reports, an inspection report, a loading report.
Brief and scope
Free 30-minute call. Factory, product, volume, risk points. Scope, milestones and AQL agreed in the contract.
Factory audit
One-time on-site audit of facility, equipment, QC system and document trail. Photo-documented report within 5 working days.
Production monitoring
Pre-production review, first article, in-line visits at agreed milestones. Daily factory contact in Vietnamese, weekly status in English.
Pre-shipment QC
AQL sampling inspection to ISO 2859-1 before loading. Pass, fail or hold with photos and a defect log, within 24 business hours of the visit.
Shipment sign-off
Loading supervision, packing list check, container and seal photos, bill of lading cross-check. You release payment with the facts.
Three parties, one table
| Task | You | VN Mfg Control | Factory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduce us to the factory as your quality contact | You | ||
| Agree scope, milestones and AQL in writing | You approve | We draft | |
| Visit days and factory access | Copied | We arrange | Factory confirms |
| Audit, visits, inspections, reports | VN Mfg Control | Provides access and records | |
| Daily factory contact, weekly status | VN Mfg Control | Answers in Vietnamese | |
| Decisions on rework, hold or release | You decide | We advise and follow through | Factory acts |
| Payment for the goods | You pay the factory | Never through us | Factory invoices you |
| The control service | You contract with us | Scope and fee in the contract | Not a party |
Scope, visits, reporting and fee, in one contract
Each engagement is set out in a written contract: which visits, which milestones, what is reported and when, and the fee. Nothing on this site is a price; the contract is.
We work for the buyer only. That is why a report that says "fail" is safe for us to write, and why it is worth reading.
What we will not do
- Own or part-own a factory we inspect.
- Work for a factory, or accept anything from one.
- Soften a report to keep a relationship warm.
- Hold or route your payment to the factory.
- Contact a factory you have not introduced us to.
- Claim certifications, client counts or inspector numbers we cannot show you.
Questions about the way we work
Do I have to buy the full program?
No. The audit, a single in-line visit and a pre-shipment inspection are each available on their own as a spot inspection. Order control bundles them for the life of a PO, but you can start with one visit.
What if the factory refuses a visit?
That is a finding in itself. We tell you the same day. Most factories accept a buyer’s named representative with a few days’ notice; a refusal usually means a subcontractor or a schedule problem they do not want seen.
Do you stop the line if you find a problem?
No. We document, raise it with the factory in Vietnamese and report to you with photos the same day. Decisions to rework, hold or release stay with you. We carry them out with the factory once you decide.
Who is liable if a defect is missed?
Our reports record what was seen on the day, on the sample inspected, and we stand behind that. We are not an insurer of the factory’s output. Scope, sampling and liability are set in the contract before the first visit.