Inspection Results: The Soul of the Trade and the Bedrock of Settlement

Inspection methods and settlement relationship

  1. In-Process Production Monitoring
    • Core Objective: Real-time quality control and proactive risk management.
    • Implementation: Conducted by on-site professional quality inspectors via production line patrols.
    • Financial Validity: Internal management reference; not used as a payment instrument.
    • Professional Summary: Ensuring consistency at the source through real-time operational oversight (Internal QC only).
  2. Precision Laboratory Assay
    • Core Objective: Accurate determination of chemical and physical properties (e.g., Iron, Silica, Alumina content).
    • Implementation: Representative samples are drawn and sent to ISO-certified, independent third-party laboratories.
    • Financial Validity: Technical profiling; not used as a payment instrument.
    • Professional Summary: Definitive chemical and physical profiling via ISO-certified independent laboratories.
  3. Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI)
    • Core Objective: Verification that the quality and quantity of the cargo strictly match contractual requirements.
    • Implementation: Conducted by world-class agencies (e.g., SGS/CCIC) through comprehensive on-site sampling.
    • Financial Validity: Key Payment Instrument. Determines whether the cargo is fit for logistics execution.
    • Professional Summary: Full-batch sampling and verification of contractual compliance prior to shipping.
  4. Loading Supervision & Security
    • Core Objective: Ensuring cargo authenticity and preventing tampering, substitution, or dilution during the loading phase.
    • Implementation: Third-party agencies remain on-site throughout the process to apply physical seals and video records.
    • Financial Validity: Critical Risk Control Instrument.
    • Professional Summary: Securing the integrity of the cargo against tampering or substitution during loading.
  5. Discharge Port Final Inspection
    • Core Objective: Final audit of the PSI results and the ultimate closure of the risk cycle.
    • Implementation: Professional surveyors at the discharge port draw final samples from the arrived cargo.
    • Financial Validity: Key Payment Instrument. All final balance payments are issued based on this report.
    • Professional Summary: The definitive audit of results and the final basis for financial settlement.

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