Colour Control in supply Chain

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Colour Control in supply Chain Does Buyer recommendation really work ?

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Manish Kapadia

Colour Control in supply Chain

Key complex processes in supply chain

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Colour Control in supply Chain

Key multi-variables of Color in supply chain Quality gets defined not by mere model purchase Colour and Textile Products

Colour Control in supply Chain

Enemies of consistent textile color control Color measurements are highly sensitive to Temperature (thermochromism) & Humidity Instrument Geometry Sensor, Optical design & Electronics Aging of Instrument Environment Dust & Lighting (to some extent) Inter-instrument Agreement Shade of the measured color
Key multi-variables of Color in supply chain Quality gets defined not by mere model purchase

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Colour Control in supply Chain

Thermochromism

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Colour Control in supply Chain Humidity The effects of humidity are less
dramatic on non-textile surfaces. Still, as a wet road appears darker than when dry, so too will physical standards alter their look if they are not maintained under standard conditions. Textiles are usually hygroscopic, & monsoons can be crazy ! Material, brought to the lab for analysis, must be conditioned before tests are performed. The same is true of measuring devices which should be aged until they are stable in the laboratory environment. Except in extreme cases, this simply means allowing the items to reach room temperature. More care must be taken in the heat of summer, or the cold of winter.

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Colour Control in supply Chain

Standard conditions in textile color control As digital color measurements (CIELAB) are highly sensitive to Temperature & Humidity, the process has involved standardizing spectrophotometers across the globe using ceramic tiles the most stable reference material available. All dyed colors are measured after conditioning in the Vindon Ultrasonic "conditioning cabinet," a refrigerator like device that standardizes the fabric to 1.65% relative humidity, 2.20 Centigrade, with 3.30 minutes of exposure to D65 daylight.

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Does this ensure consistent Textile color control TEXTILE COLOUR MEASUREMENT IS STILL NOT SAFE_GUARDED FOR CONSISTENCY !!!!!

WHY ?
TEXTILE COLOUR MEASUREMENT IS STILL NOT SAFE_GUARDED FOR CONSISTENCY . Due to .. Due to Inter-instrument (DIS-)Agreement laid down by unit to unit differences due to aging:

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Colour Control in supply Chain

Errors in spectro color measurements
. The following is an exhaustive list of the principal errors in any optical design of spectrophotometer : 1. Errors in absolute scales of diffuse reflectance and 0/45 radiance factor. 2. Errors due to differing properties of white reference standards. 3. Non-linearity of the photodetector. 4. Incorrect zero level. 5. Wavelength scale error. 6. Specular beam exclusion error. 7. Specular beam weighting error. 8. Errors due to non-uniformity of collection of integrating spheres. 9. Polarisation errors in the geometry. 10.Differences in methods for calculating color data from spectral data. 11.Errors due to thermochromism in samples. 12.Errors due to the dependence of spectral resolution on bandwidth, scan speed and integration time. 13.Geometry difference between illumination and collection optics within the specified limits.

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Colour Control in supply Chain

What is the Inter-Instrument agreement by definition? The centre (master) value of inter-instrument agreement is determined by measuring a specific quantity of instruments of the first production lot. Actually we cannot just talk of only one centre point. For getting more precise information about the agreement between multiple instruments, a set of 12 BCRA tiles is used to establish the inter-instrument agreement. By using master bodies, which are very close to this centre point, BCRA tiles are measured and the average of this measurement data is used as centre value for interinstrument agreement.

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Colour Control in supply Chain

What is the declared Inter-Instrument agreement? DATACOLOR SF 650 has a declared Interinstrument Agreement for Reflectance (CIELAB)0.15 (max) (McBeth) X-Rite CE7000A has a declared Interinstrument Agreement for Reflectance (CIELAB)0.15 (max) Konica Minolta CM3600d similarly has a declared Inter-instrument Agreement for Reflectance (CIELAB)0.15 (max)
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Colour Control in supply Chain

Suppose we use the same models across two laboratories in USA & India :

The delta-E of 0.15 can occur in white tile due to inter-intrument differences. Now, in a Red shade it can be 0.5 or more !! To add to this, thermo-chromism can add another 1.2 dE. & Humidity, & ..aging, old xenons, dirty sphere !!!.....?*$#@

RESULT: Same physical sample can stand rejected !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Colour Control in supply Chain What is the solution ?

Report-Readings at your INEOS ABS Ltd. Nandesari Vadodara QCLAB: 19th March,2010 (Dakshesh Darji & Manish Kapadia, field visit readings)
Name Navy Blue Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above Dark Maroon Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above Silver Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above Mara Green Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above DE 0.3 0.38 0.08 1.01 0.92 -0.09 0.25 0.25 0 0.29 0.26 -0.03 DL 0.12 0.15 0.03 0.87 0.83 -0.04 -0.23 -0.23 0 0.27 0.23 -0.04 Da -0.17 -0.22 -0.05 0.39 0.36 -0.03 0.04 0.03 -0.01 -0.02 -0.03 -0.01 Db 0.21 0.27 0.06 0.22 0.17 -0.05 -0.08 -0.1 -0.02 0.12 0.12 0 DC -0.25 -0.31 -0.06 0.44 0.38 -0.06 0.07 0.1 0.03 -0.03 -0.02 0.01 DH -0.21 -0.16 0.05 0.23 0.11 -0.12 0.06 0.05 -0.01 -0.12 -0.13 -0.01

Yellow

Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above

3.66 3.59 -0.07

-1.06 -1.07 -0.01

-0.16 -0.11 0.05

-3.5 -3.42 0.08

-3.39 -3.29 0.1

-0.92 -0.94 -0.02

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Though there is vast difference in instruments, the delta-E color differences always agree for any given 2 instruments

Name

SPECTROPHOTOMETE R DE 0.3 0.38 0.08 1.01 0.92 -0.09 0.25 0.25 0 0.29 0.26 -0.03

Navy Blue Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above Dark Maroon Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above Silver Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above Mara Green Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above

Yellow

Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above

3.66 3.59 -0.07

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Colour Control in supply Chain What is the solution ?

Report-Readings at your INEOS ABS Ltd. Nandesari QC LAB: 19th March,2010 Name Navy Blue Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above DE 0.3 0.38 0.08 DL 0.12 0.15 0.03 Da -0.17 -0.22 -0.05 Db 0.21 0.27 0.06 DC -0.25 -0.31 -0.06 DH -0.21 -0.16 0.05

Dark Maroon

Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above

1.01 0.92 -0.09 0.25 0.25 0 0.29 0.26 -0.03

0.87 0.83 -0.04 -0.23 -0.23 0 0.27 0.23 -0.04

0.39 0.36 -0.03 0.04 0.03 -0.01 -0.02 -0.03 -0.01

0.22 0.17 -0.05 -0.08 -0.1 -0.02 0.12 0.12 0

0.44 0.38 -0.06 0.07 0.1 0.03 -0.03 -0.02 0.01

0.23 0.11 -0.12 0.06 0.05 -0.01 -0.12 -0.13 -0.01

Silver

Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above

Mara Green

Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above

Yellow

Konica Minolta Data color Difference of above

3.66 3.59 -0.07

-1.06 -1.07 -0.01

-0.16 -0.11 0.05

-3.5 -3.42 0.08

-3.39 -3.29 0.1

-0.92 -0.94 -0.02

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Colour Control in supply Chain

DATACOLOR SF 660 (McBeth) X-Rite CE7000A Konica Minolta CM3600d Are internally accredited for ASTM, CIE, AFNOR, DIN, ISO standards. Konica Minolta has also been accredited for JIS (Japanese Industry Standards) which are very stringent.

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Colour Control in supply Chain

KONICA MINOLTA is a truly Global equivalent spectrophotometer Colour and Textile Products

Colour Control in supply Chain

So, What is our buyers recommendation, really? Inherent QUALITY or COST of produce ? Product itself, or costly equipment & process ? Timely delivery or Record of time/resources spent on production ? In the internet age, will buyer come again ? And again? & finally, ULTIMATELY, does he really leave a survival profit for the Producer ? Think about it ..

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Buyer recommendation? Let the buyer recommend us quality & delivery, not costs. Let the producer plan costs & so profits. Let us be aware of quality, delivery & costs

Presentation ends .. & Awarness begins. Thanks, Manish Kapadia /Dakshesh Darji

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