Key takeaways
- Walk the process, not only the showroom: casting, glaze, firing, assembly, packing.
- Ask who stops the line when a defect family appears, and how that is recorded.
- Photograph packing stations and compare them to the carton you approved on sample.
A useful bathroom OEM audit is short on hospitality and long on evidence. You want to see how glaze lots are traced, how kiln schedules are logged, and how vanity hardware kits are kitted against a BOM.
Bring your own checklist: incoming material checks, in-process inspection, final AQL practice, and container loading photos from the last three shipments to similar markets. Certificates on the wall matter less than whether those practices appear on the floor.
Close with a written punch list and owners. Audits that end in “looks good” rarely improve the next container.