Responsibility:
Kelsey = Work Orders (emails only)
Automated = Work Order Printing
JC = Art Seperations / Sequence Call-Outs / Mesh/Ink Call-Outs
Jose = Lead Operator - Loader (Auto & Manual)
David = Unloader / Press Set-Up & Tear-Down
Will = Scheduling (Backend) / Inventory (Weekly-Mondays) / Film Printing / Burn Screens / Coating Screens / Staging / PMS Ink Mixing / Catching
Roger = Blow-out burned screens / Screen Reclaim & Washer Squeegee/Flood Bars/Scoops
Katie = Receiving blanks from shipping carriers (put on "RECEIVING" shelf) / Shipments of shirts / Add sticker
Alyssa = Receiving blanks from drop-offs (put on "RECEIVING" shelf) / Follow up on received jobs missing work order (shelf) & follow up on ready for pick up orders / Add sticker
Front Of House Workflow (9 am - 5 pm shift):
1.) Job is written up using EXISTING products (no more using the custom product). All orders require artwork files to be uploaded at the time the order is written up. The only exception is if the customer hired us and paid for design services. The print file should be uploaded in design in pre-flight before the "ROQ" product status.
2.) After the job is written up JC will begin digital proofs, artwork separations, and film print files including ink color, mesh count, and sequence call-out order.
Back Of House Workflow (7 am - 3 pm shift):
1.) Blanks are received either by the shipping carrier or customer drop-off - either way they are to be placed on the "RECEIVING" shelf in the screen printing department. All boxes need to be labeled with Customer using pre-made box labels for re-occurring customers and WM Printing stickers for non-brokers.
2.) The job tickets print automatically and Karla places any RED screen printing work orders for ROQ in the job ticket-holding area on Will's desk.
3.) Each morning starting at 7 am, Will will take the job tickets, look up the order numbers in Google Drive > WM Orders > (order#) and find the "FILMS" AI file or "FILMS" folder in the order folder. Will will print each film.
4.) After printing of all films, Will will take them into the darkroom and begin taping films to screens and exposing them on the light table. The job tickets pile for the daily films will be taken into the darkroom with the films.
5.) Will will hand the burned screens to Roger for blow-outs at the washout booth. Jobs are to be burned oldest order number to the newest.
6.) Roger will load blown-out screens in a rollable silver screen rack and leave them for 24 hours for drying. The rack should be loaded from top to bottom (oldest order on top, newest on bottom).
7.) Will will move the silver rack with burned screens next to the receiving shelf and leave the job tickets with the rack.
8.) Once all screens are burned & blown out then Roger will resume reclaiming and cleaning of supplies
9.) Once all screens are burned then Will will coat dry screens with emulsion for 24 hours drying to be used the next day and will fill up the racks inside the darkroom to full.
10.) After screens are re-coated then Will will move on to the staging process.
11.) Will will take the job tickets from the prior business days silver rack and roll the rack to the "STAGING" table.
12.) Will will put the job tickets in order (oldest job ticket on top > newest on bottom of the stack)
13.) Will will pull the first job ticket and pull the blanks from the receiving shelf and combine on a cart with the screens (which should be on top of the silver rack) and ink (making PMS ink when required)
14.) The cart should have blanks on top and screens on top of blanks. Screens should be pre-taped (since they had 24 hours to dry). Ink should be in quart containers on the shelf on top of the cart (except white & black ink). At the bottom of the cart should be the empty boxes that blanks came in.
15.) Staged carts should be next to the darkroom shed and be parked in order so the oldest order is all the way to the right.
16.) Jose will set up and print jobs starting from the RIGHT side and working his way from Right to Left (closest to ROQ auto press)
17.) Jose will reset the counter for each job to verify it matches against work order and if not report the issue to the Manager (David Guili).
18.) The catcher is to stack on the table and be ready to flip for double-sided prints. Once the backside is printed or if single-sided then the sorting table must be used to keep size order prior to packaging.
19.) The catcher then takes an empty cart, flips shirts for backside imprint, or if a job is finished then take empty boxes from the bottom of the cart and package the job.
20.) After the job is packaged then the catcher move finished boxes to either pick up shelf or shipping dept. The catcher leaves the work order in the job ticket colored folder on top of the box but pulls the cover sheet. The cover sheet is to be placed on the "Fished Jobs" holding area on Will's desk.
21.) David puts the ink back into containers on a cart after each job, then puts ink back on the ink shelf (leave the tape on is ok)
22.) The empty cart is to be returned to the empty cart parking zone.
23.) The backend job is to be updated from Will when a job is completed. Be sure to put shipping pending, delivery pending, or ready for pickup according to the delivery preference the customer selected on the cover sheet of the job ticket.
24.) David will then remove screens/squeegee/flood bars from the press and move them to the table next to the washout booth for cleaning/reclaiming. Exception white/black ink squeegee/flood bars since we use those daily.
25.) End of day - David & Will is to complete closing duties (see Monday boards) from 2:30 - 3 pm.
Physical Job Organization:
Carts - Today's Jobs
Table - Tomorrow's Jobs
Shelf - Future Jobs