The program ensures that supply chains are qualified and capable of meeting expectations for color quality. Your color workflow will be assessed by color professionals who have decades of experience that you can trust. A certification of assessment will allow you to showcase your organization’s commitment to best practices for processes, technology, and people.
Datacolor Assessment Service Options:
Assessment services reduce time from design to consumer and ensure expected quality by:
Assessment services can help you achieve higher efficiency in production:
| Color workflow assessment | Certify Visual | Certify |
| Online Pre-Test | ||
| Color Theory | ||
| Instrument Technique | ||
| QC Software Technique | ||
| Operator Evaluation | ||
| Visual Procedures | ||
| Visual Test | ||
| Color Approval Process/Knowledge of Brand SOP | Visual Only | Visual and Digital |
| Instrumental Technique and Maintenance | ||
| QC Software Technique | ||
| Environmental Conditions | ||
| Atmospheric Conditions | ||
| Equipment | ||
| Light Cabinet | ||
| Spectrophotometer | ||
| QC Software | ||
| Performance Monitoring Software | ||
| Datacolor marketing support | ||
| Certification is recognized by all brands requiring visual assessment | ||
| Certification is recognized by all brands requiring digital assessment | ||
In order for a supplier to be qualified for Datacolor assessment program, make sure you review the Product Reference Sheet
If any of the required items are missing, we can help you achieve minimum requirements to be qualified. Please chat with our color experts today to learn more about qualifications.
Datacolor Assessment Services will focus on the following three elements as part of the assessment:
Temperature and humidity levels can affect how color will look on the final product. It is important to keep your environmental conditions within the recommended range. Datacolor will also evaluate the daily log of conditions and how standards are stored.
For the Datacolor Certify Program, light booths and spectrophotometers must be under an annual service contract. The instruments’ performance, conditions and usage will also be tested to make sure they comply with program standards. Software version, configuration and support will be checked as part of the assessment as well as antivirus protection.
For the Datacolor Certify Visual Program, only lightbooths will be evaluated. Spectrophotometers, software and antivirus protection are not included in this assessment program.
Success of the entire color development cycle is highly dependent upon operators. Their skills and knowledge will be evaluated during an initial pre-assessment test that is taken online. During the onsite assessment, a Datacolor representative will evaluate each operator’s understanding of procedures and equipment usage and test their color vision.
When assessing the supply chain, the Datacolor team focuses on color management processes and mill capabilities. This includes instruments, knowledgebase and environment. We identify areas for improvement, provide recommendations and work with the mill to make sure they meet the criteria for certification.
As a brand, you will gain greater visibility into your supply chain’s capabilities to help inform more efficient sourcing strategies. As a supplier, you will gain a competitive advantage and greater flexibility in the production process.
In order for a supplier to be qualified for Datacolor assessment program, make sure you review the Product Reference Sheet
If any of the required items are missing, we can help you achieve minimum requirements to be qualified. Please chat with our color experts today to learn more about qualifications.
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