Cover Story?UV Flexo Printing is Opening Doors to Success

This business growth came at a time when QC's customers were demanding shorter and shorter lead times, while the lead times for its paperboard packaging supplies were lengthening. The company found itself stockpiling printing and packaging products, sometimes as much as six months worth.

In a business environment driven by such concepts as lean manufacturing, six sigma, just-in-time, and supply-chain management, QC's owner, Bill Blyth, knew that increased work-in-process and finished-goods inventories were not viable long-term solutions. In the company's continual efforts to find innovative solutions to support its growth and manage its supply chain, Blyth decided to establish a package printing operation that would support the needed supply-chain optimization efforts.