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"Fradley Park was the obvious call for us and WSUK made it painless. The M6 Toll at T5 means our trucks dodge the worst of the M6 and still make Birmingham drops on schedule."
Goods-in inspection for Lichfield businesses — counted against your PO, sampled to an agreed standard, failures quarantined before put-away.
WSUK inspects inbound goods for Lichfield importers before they reach customers — failures quarantined before put-away so they cannot be picked by mistake, and reworkable on the same site. A38, A5, A5127, M6 Toll (T5) and M42 (J9) on the doorstep; we also cover Tamworth and Cannock.
A defect found at goods-in costs an inspection. The same defect found by a customer costs the refund, the return carriage, the review and the repeat purchase.
Inbound containers and supplier pallets checked against your purchase order for count, condition and specification before anything is put away.
A statistically valid sample size agreed with you up front, inspected against a defect list you define — so results are comparable batch to batch and supplier to supplier.
Function, finish, labelling and packaging checked before stock goes to a retailer or a customer, because those are the checks a buyer will repeat at their gate.
Inspection is priced by how much of the consignment you want checked. Short-term rate card for ad-hoc and first-shipment checks; long-term contract rates for ongoing QC programmes on repeat suppliers.
Pay-per-use published rates with no commitment.
Locked-in rates on multi-year SLAs.
Counted against PO, condition checked, report issued.
Statistically valid sample against your defect list.
Every unit checked where a batch is suspect.
Indicative ranges based on standard requirements. Bespoke / hazardous / temperature-controlled goods are quoted separately. Get an exact quote for your volumes →
For a cathedral city, Lichfield carries a surprisingly heavy logistics footprint, and the reason is simple: Fradley Park sits on its doorstep. That park has become one of the fastest-growing distribution locations in the Midlands, strung along the A38 with quick reach to the A5 and the M6 Toll at T5. Sitting in Staffordshire's WS13 and WS14 postcodes, Lichfield is roughly 45 minutes from the DIRFT and Rugby core - further out than the triangle's heart, but firmly plugged into the same motorway grid.
The A38 is Lichfield's backbone, running north towards Burton and south into Birmingham, while the M6 Toll at T5 and the M42 at Junction 9 give operators a way to skirt the congested central motorway box. That combination is exactly what has drawn big-shed distribution to Fradley Park, alongside Britannia Enterprise Park and the older Trent Valley estate. Together they offer a spread of modern logistics units and light-industrial space within a couple of minutes of a trunk road.
Lichfield's business base is weighted towards distribution, logistics and light manufacturing, and its neighbours reinforce that character. Tamworth's Relay Park lies just east across the M42, Cannock's warehousing cluster sits west along the A5 and M6 Toll, and Burton upon Trent - Britain's brewing capital - is a short run north on the A38. Goods routed through Lichfield can therefore tap into a dense Staffordshire logistics network without ever leaving the A38 corridor for long.
For importers near Lichfield, the cheapest place to find a defect is on our bench. Containers are counted against the purchase order and sampled to an agreed AQL before anything is put away, with every defect photographed and classified.
A38, A5, A5127, M6 Toll (T5) and M42 (J9).
~45 min from the DIRFT / Rugby Golden-Triangle core.
Distribution, logistics and light manufacturing.
Operating from the Golden Triangle on A38, A5, A5127, M6 Toll (T5) and M42 (J9) — around 45 minutes from the DIRFT core, and within easy reach of Tamworth, Cannock and Burton upon Trent.
From first contact to live operation, our typical onboarding takes less than a week.
Volumes, SKUs, peak season, integrations. One 10-minute call is enough.
Transparent line-item pricing on a single page — no hidden fees, no jargon.
Walk the floor with our ops team. Bring your operations lead, not just procurement.
Stock in, scanning live, integrations active. Daily standups for the first two weeks.
Local answers for Lichfield, plus the questions every product inspection client asks.
Fradley Park, on the A38 just outside the city, is one of the Midlands' fastest-growing distribution parks. Add the M6 Toll at T5 and the M42 at Junction 9 and Lichfield gives operators big-shed capacity with a clean run around the central motorway box.
Lichfield sits roughly 45 minutes from the DIRFT/Rugby core in the WS13 and WS14 postcodes. It is on the outer edge of the triangle, but the A38 and M6 Toll keep the trunk run into the hub straightforward.
We work across Fradley Park for modern distribution units, Britannia Enterprise Park, and the established Trent Valley estate. That range lets us place light-industrial and larger logistics stock close to the A38 as needed.
Yes. Tamworth's Relay Park is just east over the M42 and Cannock's warehousing cluster sits west along the A5 and M6 Toll. We route between them regularly, so Lichfield works well as a Staffordshire staging point.
It does. Joining at T5 lets vehicles bypass the busiest stretch of the M6 through the conurbation, which makes southbound and Birmingham-bound runs from Lichfield more predictable, especially at peak times.
Yes — containers arriving at our Golden Triangle warehouse are counted against your purchase order, condition-checked, and a sample inspected against a defect list agreed with you, with everything photographed.
An agreed acceptable quality level setting how many units are checked and how many defects are tolerated before the batch fails. It makes results comparable between batches and suppliers instead of an impression formed while unloading.
Same day. Supplier claim windows are short, so a report arriving a fortnight later has usually lost its commercial value — which is the main reason to inspect at goods-in rather than at pick.
Container goods-in inspection from £75, AQL sample inspection from £0.45 per unit, 100% inspection quoted per job, quarantine storage from £4.50 per pallet per week.
Quarantined immediately so it cannot be picked, photographed and counted for your claim, then reworked on the same site, returned to the supplier or disposed of with a record.
| What you get | WSUK | Generic 3PL / DIY |
|---|---|---|
| Live within 24–72 hours | Yes | Rarely |
| AQL sampling plan agreed in writing | Yes | Rarely |
| Defects photographed and classified | Yes | Rarely |
| No setup fee & no minimum | Yes | Rarely |
| Same-day report while claims are live | Yes | Rarely |
| Failures quarantined and reworkable on site | Yes | Rarely |
We provide product inspection and QC across Lichfield, Staffordshire and the wider Golden Triangle — Tamworth, Cannock and Burton upon Trent and beyond. Explore nearby service areas.
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