X-Rite and Pantone, specialists in colour science and technology, have updated ColorCert ScoreCard Server with customisable dashboards and reports designed for packaging converters.
Used by consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands as part of their brand quality control programmes, ColorCert ScoreCard Server is an open software ecosystem and supports today’s digital packaging workflows. It integrates with X-Rite Color iQC, IntelliTrax2 Pro, eXact Auto-Scan Pro, PantoneLIVE, XRGA-based pressroom spectrophotometers, AVT SpectraLab, Esko Color Trace, and qualified third-party quality control software.
The next generation of this tool offers print suppliers greater visibility into their press and production facilities to quickly identify colour related issues, optimise production processes, and improve colour quality scores. The redesigned ScoreCard Server features a new interface that allows converters to configure dashboards and create automated quality reports tailored for daily print production meetings.
Moreover, by using one, integrated Cloud-based platform, pre-media and production managers have real-time visibility into colour performance across all brand customers, presses and production facilities. Advanced analytics allow managers to drill down into specific jobs, compare colour quality between print and packaging component runs, and uncover trends over time. This level of visibility enables operators to identify causes of colour problems, make adjustments, and act on preventative maintenance issues to avoid unexpected downtime. In turn, converters can better meet and exceed their customers’ colour quality requirements the first time and every time, according to X-Rite.
Cindy Cooperman, vice president, brand global strategic accounts at X-Rite, said, ‘With the redesigned ColorCert ScoreCard Server, we are extending and expanding our statistical analysis capabilities to help converters elevate colour performance and drive process improvements. Now brands as well as print suppliers can use ColorCert ScoreCard Server to access unbiased quality results and collaborate on the packaging production workflow by seeing every colour metric and identifying areas for improvement.
‘This strengthens the print supplier and brand relationship while improving efficiencies.’
