Map the artwork handoff before blaming the printer
Use SIPOC to define boundaries, inputs, outputs, and customers for a packaging artwork process.
Wrong varnish area on printed cartons after agency-to-prepress-to-printer handoff. SIPOC: Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers, plus Constraints and Measures where useful The common trap is investigating only the final print defect instead of the upstream handoff boundary that allowed the defect. Suppliers List agency, brand, regulatory, packaging engineering, barcode provider, printer, and procurement as information or material suppliers. Suppliers are not only companies. Any function providing required information belongs here. Inputs Define required inputs: approved dieline, copy deck, varnish separation, color target, barcode spec, substrate, print process, and release criteria. A missing input is often the real cause of a…
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