marc levine live webinar: how to build quality-focused partnerships in your print supply chain

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Presenter:Marc LevineDirector of Enterprise Print QualitySCHAWK!

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ABOUT ME

Director Enterprise Print Quality for Schawk

Managing ColorDrive platforms & services

20 Years in print

Idealliance Print Properties co-chair on multiple projects

G7 Process Control Expert

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ABOUT OUR BUSINESS

Provide print quality programs for CPG and

retail brands

Building print quality programs since 2002

Offering an array of services including:

• Web-based, open platforms for data collection

and reporting

• Program training & education

• Monitoring (measuring printer samples)

• PQ leadership (turning data into action)

• Shelf auditing

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DO YOU WANT PQ-FOCUSED PARTNERSHIPS?

Do you struggle realizing design intent or maintaining consistency on shelf?

Would you like to have more transparency to the quality of your packaging

across your supply chain?

Do you find it difficult to solicit data and/or affect improvements in quality with

your print suppliers?

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WHAT IS A PQ-FOCUSED PARTNERSHIP?

Alignment of vision - seeing quality the same way

Commitment to collect & review data - incorporating measurement in to standard practices

Commitment to act - what will you do with the data?

Commitment to partner - working together to improve

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Create your specification

A set of criteria and tolerances that

determine if measures are acceptable

or not acceptable

What do you care about?

• Color of the solid ink

• Color of overprint inks

• Color of gray balance

• Color of substrate

• Tone Value (TVI) of tints

• Tone value of gray balance

• Opacity of substrate & inks

• Gloss of substrate & ink

• Quality of registration

• Quality of visual match


ALIGNING YOUR VISION

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Provide clear performance guidelines to the printer

Create a context to collect and compare data

Make the press match the proof


WHY DO WE HAVE SPECIFICATIONS?

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USEFUL INDUSTRY STANDARDS

• ISO 12647 – Process Control for Printing

• ISO 13655 – Graphic Arts Color Measurement

• ISO 3664 – Graphic Arts Lighting

• ISO 15339 – Printing Across Multiple Technologies

• ISO 17972 – Color Data Exchange

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GRADE IT – ONE NUMBER, MANY MEASURES

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Overall,

I’m a “4”


NOW THAT YOU HAVE A NUMBER….

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COLLECTING DATA

Who collects the data

What data do they collect?

Maintaining calibration (specially is using visual grading)

Considering the supplier position

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WHO IS COLLECTING THE DATA?

Partner

• Look for certified lab / Standardized process / Dedicated resources

Direct from the printer

• Consider the tools and practices used by the printer

Direct at Plant / Brand

• Popular request

• Typically, short lived

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MAINTAINING CALIBRATION

Collect data from multiple sources

• Print supplier and partner (3rd party)

Compare data on a regular basis

• Evaluate differences is results

• For measurement, look at methodologies & instrumentation

• For visual, look at visual grading disciplines & understanding of defects

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ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

Technology changes

Open Platforms make print quality a sustainable effort

Specify criteria and tolerances…not solutions

Your suppliers may already be using multiple sets of tools and methods for other

programs, increasing the total PQ effort

Suppliers get the best results with their preferred tools

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REVIEWING THE DATA

Compare Printer to Printer

Compare Brand to Brand

Identify performance of key equity colors

Identify Opportunities to improve in key areas

Drive print quality disciplines across the supply chain

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53 PRINT LOCATIONS, OVERALL SCORE, 12M

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3 SUPPLIER TRENDS, OVERALL SCORE, 12M

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7 BRANDS, DELTAE, 6M

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1 SUPPLIER, MONTHLY SCORECARD

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WHAT CAN YOU DO NEXT?

Learn the rest of the story…

Reach out to partners for help & perspective

Explorer you own organization internally for support

Stay focused on print quality

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THANK YOU

Marc Levine

Schawk

[email protected]

http://www.schawk.com/http://www.schawk.com/print-services/color-management

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