Build a preflight check from failure modes
Create a risk-based preflight checklist by identifying likely failure modes, effects, and detection controls.
A retail sleeve file is ready for proof, but packaging failures may be invisible if preflight only checks fonts, links, and resolution. FMEA preflight: function -> failure mode -> customer effect -> detection control The common trap is using one generic preflight pass for every job and missing failures that are specific to retail packaging, such as barcode quiet zone, dieline fit, or legal copy. Function Name what the printed piece must do: scan at checkout, fit the jar, carry required copy, and present the brand color. FMEA begins with function because a failure mode is only meaningful relative to…
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