GAMUT: Idealliance Printing & Packaging Podcast

Dominique Hunermund of West Rock shares how they save millions—improving quality, reducing waste, and improving efficiencies in the press room. Dominique is responsible for all print applications (Offset Litho, Flexography, and Gravure) for 64 plants and directs West Rocks' unique Lean Six Sigma program.

He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt for 30 locations in the South East region within the corrugated division. He has trained and coached Green Belts and Black Belts in multiple Divisions and led changing cultural events at facilities with an emphasis on empowering people and satisfying customers. He has also facilitated and coached hundreds of Kaizen events, as well as DMAIC projects, which saved the organization over $20MM.

WestRock is more than a supplier: They are a partner that provides a competitive advantage, a partner that can deliver consistent quality and superior service, a partner that fuels innovation to foster real, sustainable growth.

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Niall Coady of MPX Colour based in London presents a compelling case for G7 near-neutral specifications in a global print and packaging supply chain. Niall discusses recent experiences in Europe working with major brands, premedia companies, and printers that clearly make a case for G7 gray balance aims and methods. Niall was at the forefront of color management back in the early days, working with Dan Caldwell and Franz Herbert, two pioneers of ICC color management. MPX has been involved with Colour Management, RIPs, and PDF Workflows since the dawn of Digital Colour management in the ’90s. By working with leading brands, agencies, printers, key technologies, and partners, MPX solves complex production challenges that make media workflows more consistent and efficient. 

Guest: Niall Coady, Managing Director, MPX Colour.

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Miriam Brafman, Founder and CEO of PACKLANE®, tells her inspiring entrepreneurial journey and overcoming obstacles to serve some of the largest brands in the world. PACKLANE, an online printing and packaging company, makes it simple and affordable for businesses to design and order custom packaging online. Brafman started PACKLANE in 2015 and made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Manufacturing & Industry and has been featured in The Huffington Post and The Washington Post. Her start-up idea to provide unique packaging solutions and an easy to use online packaging designer engine launched PACKLANE. Today, they serve some of the world's largest brands such as Google, Shopify, L’Oreal, Red Bull, Benefit Cosmetics, and Hewlett-Packard.

Guest: Miriam Brafman, Founder & CEO, PACKLANE®. 

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Bill Pope, Director of Graphic Reproduction Excellence with Greif, Inc. and past Chair of the Idealliance's Print Properties & Colorimetric Council walks us through everyday problem solving commercial printers face that greatly impact customer expectations in matching approved proofs. Greif, Inc. is a global leader in industrial packaging products and services and is pursuing their vision to become the world's best performing customer service company in industrial packaging by focusing on process control, print-process optimization, standardized workflows, and seamless color reproduction utilizing G7® and Expanded Color Gamut applications. 

Guest: Bill Pope, Director of Graphic Reproduction Excellence, Greif, Inc. 

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Michael Ballé, Ph.D., is a world-leading authority on Lean management, business writer, and author discusses Lean values and why many organizations fail to embrace this transformative way of thinking. His most recent book, co-authored with father Freddy Ballé, is Lead With Respect: A Novel of Lean Practice, published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. For the past 25 years, he has studied first-hand lean transformations, helping companies and people in fields such as manufacturing, engineering, construction, services, and healthcare make the transition to different ways of working and managing.

Guest: Michael Ballé, Ph.D. Ballé holds a doctorate from the Sorbonne in Social Sciences and Knowledge Sciences. He is a co-founder of the Project Lean Entreprise and the Instituet Lean France.

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Part two of our discussion with Victor Asseiceiro, Market Segment Manager for Packaging at EFI, about single-pass inkjet technology for corrugated packaging addressing color accuracy. So many users proof directly on the press to G7® and other ISO standards and specifications. Companies like The Box Maker, Packlane, and Precision Digital Printing are taking full advantage of inkjet corrugated solutions, speed-to-market, automation, and variable output. This is a great discussion on the global impact of this disruptive technology.

Guest: Victor Asseiceiro, Market Segment Manager for Packaging, EFI.

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Single-pass technology for corrugated packaging impacts design thinking and business strategy. Companies like The Box Maker, Packlane, and Precision Digital Printing are taking full advantage of inkjet corrugated solutions. EFI's Victor Asseiceiro, Market Segment Manager for Packaging discusses the implications of this disruptive technology.

Guest: Victor Asseiceiro, Market Segment Manager for Packaging, EFI.

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Jeffrey Lash, Production Design Manager in Under Armour’s Global Brand Creative department, discusses how they use Idealliance G7 and GRACoL to set standards and guidelines for proper color management during the creation of marketing campaigns. Jeffrey works with internal teams and external agency partners developing assets, as well as assisting how campaigns are distributed and executed by regional teams and retailers - both online and in retail stores.

Guest: Jeffrey Lash, Production Design Manager, Under Armour. 

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EFI’s Chris Showalter, Director of Market Segment Management of Fiery products, candidly discusses the automation of workflows and flexible smart approaches on training that maximize profitability after new equipment procurement.

Guest: Chris Showalter, Director of Market Segment Management, EFI. 

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Smart packaging is expected to grow to $24.7 Billion by 2024. James Lee of Jones Packaging Inc. discusses Jones' journey as early adopters of RFID, NFC, and printed electronics. James walks us through real use cases and the technological challenges that positioned Jones as a global leader in transforming the pharmaceutical packaging industry. 

Guest: James Lee, Jones Packaging Inc.

GAMUT is produced and published by Idealliance - become a member today and join us  in creating the future of our industry.

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