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Quality Management

LSS – Lean Six Sigma

• Initiative began in January of 2008

• Completed training and now have 4 Green Belts

and 1 Black Belt on staff

• Over 50% of all employees have been involved

with an LSS project

• 3 projects have been completed to date with

4 more in the process

• Change in culture throughout the organization

Our Color Management Program aims to:

• Provide better control over our process work

• Decrease make readies

• Improve productivity

• Increase standardization

• Faster color matches, fewer pulls

• Present clearer more concise communication,

both internally and externally with our suppliers

and customers

Our Color Management program consists of:

• Color accurate press proofs

• Multiple substrate specific profiles

• Constant press-side measurements to

ensure consistency

• Spot color archiving system which controls

and quickens color matches on press

Consistent Quality:

• Currently pushing 200lpi for labels

• Stably producing labels at 150 and 175lpi

• Testing 150lpi for flexible packaging

• Completed G7 analysis for flexible packaging

• Currently testing Near Neutral Calibration for labels

FIRST 4.0

• Following FIRST 4.0 specifications and tolerances

• Control Charts throughout the plant

• Press-side “cheat sheets” to hit specs

30 Plymouth Street, Fairfield, NJ 07004 | phone 973.575.6210 | fax 973.575.7180 | toll free 800.610.6210

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