Zooming Toward Quality

"The technology exists for 100 percent inspection, but implementation does not create a return on investment," contends Thome. "The systems that are necessary can cost $500,000." He instead favors defect prevention systems. Instead of flagging defects after they have created waste on-press, defect prevention systems lock in acceptable quality levels of color and other variables, and then alert the operator when the variable is approaching set limits in order to minimize waste.