Most fabrication problems do not begin on the day equipment fails a test. They begin weeks earlier, in a missed drawing approval, a material order that was never placed, or a quality shortcut taken because the delivery date was tight. Vendor surveillance and expediting exist to see those moments while they can still be corrected. … Read more
A factory acceptance test proves that equipment meets its specification while it is still at the supplier. A site acceptance test proves that the same equipment works once it is installed, connected and operated in its real surroundings. They sound like two copies of the same exercise, but they answer different questions, and treating them … Read more
Pre-shipment inspection, or PSI, is the last independent look at equipment before it leaves the factory or yard. For a foreign buyer in Indonesia, it answers a plain question: is what is about to be loaded actually the thing that was ordered, in the condition it was promised, with the paperwork to prove it? The … Read more
A hold point stops work until a named party says it may continue. A witness point invites that party to watch, and a review point asks them to examine records. The three terms appear in almost every inspection plan, yet projects regularly lose weeks because each side quietly assumed they meant something different. This guide … Read more
An inspection test plan, usually shortened to ITP, is the document that decides in advance what will be checked, against which requirement, by whom, and which record proves it. On a fabrication job in Indonesia it is often the only page that the vendor’s shop floor and a head office far away will read in … Read more