The manufactured home building standards as set forth by the State of Michigan and BOCA program is a thorough and efficient system. It has specific applications for the factory production environment. Because the factory pace differs from that of the construction site, the manufactured home enforcement system is necessarily different, too. The inspections take place in the factory, during each phase of construction, and follow behind the manufacturer's own in-plant inspection and quality assurance teams. This allows for more thoroughness, since time is spent inspecting homes rather than traveling to inspection sites.
Efficiency is increased because travel time is limited and necessary paperwork is minimized.
Consistency is maintained because fewer people inspect more homes. The enforcement procedure is much less susceptible to individual interpretations, as would be the case with on-site inspections in every jurisdiction across the country. Every home is inspected during at least one stage of production. In the course of each plant visit, the inspectors shall make a complete inspection of every phase of production and every visible part of each home in production. Along with this, inspection teams conduct representative inspections as a check on the performance of the third party inspection agents and the manufacturer.