In plain English
It shows that a check still needs to be done on the order, shipment, or item. No inspection has taken place yet.
In context
Here, it reports that the returned item is still waiting to be reviewed and has not yet been inspected.
- Situation
- Requesting returns, exchanges, refunds, replacements, and store credit
- What it communicates
- Reports that the returned item is awaiting review.
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say what the inspection result will be.
Examples
“The warehouse kept the inspection pending crates aside until the supervisor could examine them.”
“We logged the returned mixer as inspection pending when it came back from the customer.”