Furniture

Furniture has to meet the specific quality, safety, durability, and packaging requirements and standards when it comes to the end users. A high-quality inspection method ensures your products are checked for against all specifications to ensure that the regulations and requirements are met. Enabling corrections to be actioned and implemented before completion, reduces the risk of production failure and helps to verify the material, manufacturing and finishing quality and therefore reduces the risk of after-sale services due to production defects.

Furniture refers to beds, tables, desks, sofa, chairs, and cabinets which are made from materials like wood, plastic, glass, marble, or pine. Furniture manufacturers and brands are working continuously to bring comfort, style, and functionality together to provide an ultimate user experience. The quality and safety of furniture is as critical as its style and function when it comes to the consumer.

BQIS Quality Control Inspection Service

Furniture inspection is a crucial step in the manufacturing and distribution of furniture products like tables, chairs, and outdoor furniture, which play an essential role in consumers’ everyday lives, designed to ensure that the items meet the required quality standards and safety regulations.

It involves a comprehensive and detailed check of various aspects of the furniture to identify any defects or issues that need to be resolved before the shipment. Conducting indoor furniture and outdoor furniture inspections enable you to hold your suppliers accountable and uphold a good brand reputation.

A furniture inspection checklist includes

1. Visual and Workmanship Check
If no specific requirement from applicant, the inspector will visually inspect the exterior and interior parts of the furniture using inspection sampling plan, General Inspection Level II, AQL 1.5. 4.0.

They’ll check for the following aspects, including: appearance and aesthetic of the goods, fabric, printing, painting, gaps, screw holes, hardware, glass, plastic, mirror and foam.

2. Quantity Check
Discrepancies in batch quantities can cause confusion, delays, and inventory tracking issues. The inspection team conducts a thorough count and cross-checks of furniture ready to be delivered against purchase order documentation.

They compare the shipment’s quantity to the specified order quantity, ensuring precise alignment between the two. This meticulous process guarantees accurate documentation and facilitates smooth inventory management.

3. Product and Packaging Check
The product and packaging conformity service in TESTCOO final random inspections for furniture includes an evaluation of the labeling and packaging aspects of the products. Reviewing the presence and accuracy of the Purchase Order, Product Specification, and User Manual.

These documents provide essential information about the product, its specifications, usage instructions, and any other specific requirements requested by the client. Besides TESTCOO will review other specific questions around the documentation provided by the client. It includes the next items:

• Product Appearance Verification
• Accessories Verification
• Packing Verification
• Labling/ Marking Compliance

4. Data Measurement and Field Test Checklist
• Carton drop test
• Carton size and weight measurement
• Product size and weight measurement
• Metal detection check
• Barcode scan check
• Assembly check
• Function check
• Moisture check for wood component
• Coating adhesive Tape Test
• Static loading check
• Stability check
• Wobbling Test for Free Standing or Assembled product
• Color fastness check
• Vertical static loading
• seat impact test
• Breaking test for tempered glass
• Smell check