Types of Third Party

Inspections
An Overview
Aniruddha Kulkarni

Standard for Inspection-TPI

Independent quality agency must be accredited in order
to demonstrate that their inspection services meet an
international standard, usually ISO/IEC 17020, General
criteria for the operation of various types of bodies
performing inspections.

ISO/IEC 17020
EXPLAINING ISO/IEC 17020
ISO/IEC 17020 provides the standards for an inspection
agencys procedures for conducting business as an
inspector of quality systems.
ISO/IEC 17020 addresses:
training requirements
inspection procedures
inspection safety
confidentiality
organization and management
customer complaints
and more.

Types of Inspections
Industrial Inspections Systems- Shop
Inspections.
Third Party Inspection Services - Site
Inspections.
Third Party Inspection Services - PreShipment Inspections.
Third Party Inspection Services-Packaging
Inspections.

Industrial Inspection Systems-Shop

Inspections
The purchaser is either the end-user or the
engineering company under contract with an enduser. They may make a contract with a third party
inspection company to do inspection work based
on an agreed inspection and test plan. Generally,
the third party inspection company receives
inspection notification, and carries out inspection
and supplies the purchaser with an inspection
report.

Third Party Inspection Services - Site Inspections.

Third party inspection companies are hired for site
inspection for industrial projects. These companies
are used for process and power piping, Offshore
platforms, Power Plants, storage tanks, steel
structures and pipeline inspection in their
construction process.
Third Party Inspection Companies are not involved
in the installation; the supervision normally is done
by engineering company.
Contrary to shop inspection, the site inspection
projects use the resident inspectors, which normally
accommodated near the construction site.

Third Party Inspection Services - PreShipment Inspection:

Pre-Shipment inspection has a commercial
approach. Pre-Shipment inspection is mandatory
in some countries.
When the buyer opens a Letter of Credit (LC) at
the bank, and the funds are transferred through
the buyer and seller banks, then a third party
inspection agency might be necessary, and the
name of this company will be stated on the LC,
which is needed to certify the goods.
Without the third party inspection company
certificate, funds will not be transferred between
buyer's and seller's banks.

Third Party Inspection ServicesPackaging Inspections.

Wooden cases, crates, skid bases or saddles, bundles,
shrink packages and drums are widely used for the
packing of industrial goods. Purchasers must provide
the packing procedure to the equipment manufacturer
and the manufacturer quality control team must take
care of the packaging process.
Most of packing procedures are prepared based on the
BS 1133-8 requirements. The equipment manufacturer
quality control team must carefully check the packing
based on the approved procedure.
When there is no procedure in place, the packing must
be controlled directly based BS on 1138-8
requirements.

Opportunities available with

management System
Certification body for TPI
A Presentation by URS
Industrial Inspection Team

Systems Certification and Inspection

TPI
System Certification

Third party
Inspections

Certification is a
confirmation of
conformance of a product,
service or system to
established standards or
requirements. Independent
third party certification
provides confidence that a
product meets minimum
safety and quality
requirements.

Final inspection. Inquality

control (which is guided by
theprinciplethat "Quality
cannot be inspected into a
product") theroleof
inspection is to verify
andvalidatethevariance
data ; it does not involve
separating the good from
the bad.

How a Inspection TPI team can help

the quality management system
PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT

An inspection agency can support your quality

system by:
Assisting with the development of quality
system manual and procedures
Helping with training and procedure
implementation
Conducting initial, informal inspection

How a Inspection TPI team can help

the quality management system
Ensure that the system overall is being
implemented in accordance with the client's own
requirements in cooperation with the client and with
the Management Systems team..
Check conformance during in process and stage wise and
also on finished goods.
Non-conformances should be viewed as opportunities for
process improvement.

Advantages of Inspections in tandem

with management Certification Audits
Process improvements are likely to
improve clients quality due to reductions
in returns, complaints and rework.
After several audits, non-conformances
usually become minor or rare.

How a Inspection TPI team can help

the quality management system
Assist in QUALITY PROCESS
DEVELOPMENT
Help to prepare a quality manual and
define its quality procedures as required.
Will train personnel and document
procedures in practice.
Demonstrate traceability of process and
materials.

How a Inspection TPI team can help

the quality management system
Initiate Product Conformity Programs
during Management Audit in
Progress.
Give feedback to the Management
Audit team.
Perform Production Verification Tests
and verify Internal audit team claims.

QA&QC Activities in Manufacturing

Quality Control
Incoming goods inspection.
Stage Inspections and report
Preparation..
Final Inspections and report Preparation.
Client and Customer coordination and
handling.
Supervision of non-destructive testing.
Packing & Shipment inspection

Summary

Third Party Inspection with Management

Certification
The implementation and certification of a management
system tells your stakeholders that you have embarked on
the journey of continuous improvement with regard to
quality, environment or safety related issues. TPI in process
validation helps an organization to continually improve its
strategies, operations and levels of service.
Evolving an certified continuous monitoring of quality
systems by auditors and Inspectors will exceed
expectations of the purchaser and will save efforts and cost
of the manufacturer.