PLGA 2005 March Conference Gravure, the Quality Advantage Total Print Quality Quality principles: how they apply to identifying if your process is stable and in control. byDoug Relyea, Quality Principle Associates “Statistical Quality Control vs. Statistical Process Control” “Measurement Error Analysis” “Evolutionary Optimization Discipline” “Vendor Certification”” Service and Turn Around Time To meet today’s customer expectations, you need to differentiate your service to separate yourself from the pack. Here are some best practices at work. “Lean Manufacturing” by Gary Charles, Avery Dennison Security Printing Div. “Fast Change Over” by Wallace Nard, Novaflex “JITor JIC” by Jim McClure, Alcan Packaging “Vendor Managed Inventory” by Mark Cheatham, Sun Chemical Transitioning to Sleeves - Cost and Savings (or) Show Me the Money” With an ROI of about 6 months, sleeve technology is advancing into gravure. Learn the advantages of current sleeve technology, cost justifications, and how your operation will benefit by transitioning to sleeves. “Sleeves” by Peter Byam, Stork Prints America, Inc. “Engraver” by Randy Ferguson, CNW, Inc. “Flexible Packaging” by Michelle Fontaine, Amgraph Packaging, Inc. “Label Printing” by Mark Froehlich, DI-NA-CAL “Press OEM” by Frank Passarelli, Bobst Group Innovation Innovation and new technologies that can reduce costs, improve quality and/or provide new business opportunities for the gravure printer. This segment covers variations on laser imaging and laser engraving directly onto copper, ink enhanced opacity which reduces costs, and a survey of security and logistics options for packaging such as RFID, holographs, watermarks, magnetics, etc. “Laser Imaging/Engraving” by Moshe Ben-Shlomo, Creo, Inc. “High Density Inks” by Derrick Ayers, Sicpa North America “Security Solutions for Packaging” by Craig Curran, Trust Copy Solutions “Laser Engraving Copper” by Claus Zack, K. Walter Service Corp. “Electrostatic Innovations in Gravure” by Ned Walsh, grafikAmerica Selling Gravure on its Merits A merit is something earned by performance. Gravure’s merits include quality, consistency, flexibility, cost competitiveness, and more. “Innovation Wins Consumers” by Mike Ferrari, Procter & Gamble “Why Gravure - A Designer’s Perspective” by Michael Brown, Enventys Creative “Value in Gravure” by Larry Walton, American Packaging Corp. “An Agile Supply Chain in a Fast Moving World” by Suzanne Vuolo, Unilever Gravure vs. Flexo The latest update on the PLGA’s “Members Only” economic model to help make the “right” profitable decisions between processes for any given job. Paul Nelson, Komori Chambon Ed Lieb, Sonoco Flexible Packaging Mike Keating, Keating Gravure Bill Taylor, Max Daetwyler Corp.