Containment, sorting, and rework are three different things suppliers often confuse. Containment isolates suspect parts so no defect reaches the line, sorting inspects them 100% to separate good from bad, and rework repairs the ones that can be recovered. Most real quality events use all three, in that order.
Containment: stop the bleed
Containment is the first move. It isolates all suspect material at your plant, in transit, and at the customer so nothing defective can reach the line while you figure out the scope. Containment does not fix anything by itself; it buys you a controlled situation instead of a spreading one.
Sorting: separate good from bad
Sorting is the 100% inspection of the contained lot against defined criteria, separating conforming parts from defective ones with documented results. Good parts keep flowing to the line, defective ones are pulled out, and you get the quantities and evidence the customer expects.
Rework: recover what you can
Rework is the controlled repair of recoverable defective parts to agreed work instructions, followed by re-inspection before release. Not every defect is reworkable, but where it is, rework saves scrap cost while keeping a documented process. Together, containment, sorting, and rework are how a supplier turns a quality event into a controlled, documented response. We provide all three locally. See sorting and inspection or emergency containment.