Proofing procedures
From Customer Business Rules
Traveler comes out of the printer in 6 pages, pull 1st 3 off, put together, next 3 pages are a duplicate of the first 3. 1st page, write C on the top, use as a control, 2nd sheet w/scan bars goes in the trash, 3rd sheet is the 2nd pull ticket. This goes with the 1st 3 pages. Before proceeding, look at first page of traveler to see what stamps and/or flags are needed. Flags are used for the following:pink is UPS ground, blue is UPS blue, red is UPS red, orange is UPS 3 day(saver), yellow is for Truck, DHL, Old Dominion, SAIA, UPS freight, other carriers as noted. Stamps are as follows:
NO PRODUCTION WITHOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE APPROVAL is for orders with an email or fax proof.
PROOF is for orders with a pre-production proof; note:the difference between a pre pro and a spec sample
is this: when the customer sends a whole order for 50, 100, 500,etc pcs and wants one piece
imprinted and sent for approval, this is a pre-pro. A spec sample is an order for only 1 or 2 pcs
that will be imprinted and sent to the customer for a possible future order.
LASER ENGRAVING orders with laser engraving or LE as the imprint method.
SUBCONTRACT STAMPS-GREEN AND RED-check the warehouse list and stamp with which color corresponds to the
item on the list.
OUTSIDE CONTRACT this is for an OVERSEAS order-a customer order produced in China
RETURN-RERUN this is for REDO orders
DEBOSS orders with deboss or DB as the imprint method
MUST SHOW ART TO CUSTOMER SERVICE use when CS has put a note on the purchaser order to show the art to
them before proceeding
All stamps and flags go at the top of the order under the warehouse number except for "show art, proof, redo, and email/fax proofs". Search for the order in document locator using the order number, except for 4imprint orders, which are saved under the po number. Open it by right clicking twice on the correct order. Once the purchase order is open for you, slowly check off everything on the traveler, starting with the Bill to account, also called the "jobber". Make sure the customer name matches what is on the traveler. The address and city may vary as many of our customers have multiple offices but if the state does not match up bring to Stacie to verify. Always make sure the cust PO# is correct on the traveler. This is very important as customer service sometimes enters this number incorrectly when the order is received and this can cause the order to be duplicated if it is entered again with the correct number. Proceed through the purchase order, checking off everything on the traveler, moving top to bottom. Make sure to scroll through all pages attached with the purchase order, as there may be important information contained within that is pertinent to the order. Anything that does not match between the purchase order and the traveler needs to be checked. If anything has been entered incorrectly, such as the item color, imprint color, ship method, etc. this is considered an error. First, we want to check AS400 to see if it has already been fixed as our outsource order entry companies all do quality control on the orders after they are finished. If it has been fixed, correct or reprint the traveler as needed.
The following changes require the traveler to be reprinted:changes to the item color or the item number, adding or removing a PRODUCT PROOF, changing the warehouse, and adding or removing imprint locations. For any changes to ship address, dates, ship method, imprint colors, pricing, there is no need to reprint the traveler but it is very importantthat adjustments are made to the paperwork as that is what the factory sees when it is time to produce the order.
When you have an order that is not correctly entered, you will send an error on it. To do this, go to the acknowledgement screen in AS400, this is 22 enter, 15 enter. Put the order number in (starting with 2 zeros), the cursor will move to the short line underneath, to send an error, hit 2, a menu comes up, choose the corresponding number or 10 for miscellaneous, if necessary type instructions on the line, then hit enter, then Y if finished. This sends an email to the responsible party to notify them of the error. They will either accept it or dispute it. If disputed you will receive an email with their dispute. It can be either accepted or rejected depending on their explanation. When first starting, if you get a dispute please let Stacie know and she will take a look to see if it is valid or not. Otherwise, check the order every hour or so to see if it is corrected. When it is, either make the changes on the traveler or have it reprinted by Stacie or Marte, then you will go back to the same screen, 22 enter, 15 enter, put the order in again but with a "1" this time and the order is ready to go to production or back to customer service as needed.
If the traveler states to "return traveler to ...", after acknowledging, go to 15 in AS400, enter the order number, and log to "10". Then the traveler goes in whichever basket, customer service or sales, depending on where that person works. There is a list at your cubicle of all people in sales, if the name is not on that list, put it in the customer service basket.
Otherwise, it will be sent to art with a couple of exceptions. Orders for item #5859 go to Dean Gallasko ONLY! DO NOT SEND TO ART! After acknowledging, log in AS400(15) to 62 and put in the bin marked DEAN/FRANK on the cubicle by the door. The other orders that go in this bin are Overseas orders(OUTSIDE contract). DO NOT SEND TO ART! After ack, logged to 25 and put in there also. Note: orders over $1000 total need to be proofed by 2 people, orders over $10,000 need to be proofed by 3 people. If you are the 1st or 2nd proofer in either of these cases and you are going to be giving the order to someone else to proof, you are not going to ack the order. Go to 15 in AS400, log to 04, paperclip the traveler(do not put in a bag) and give to the person. They will ack it when finished, this way if something is wrong, it will get fixed before. We do not want to send an ack to our customer that has the incorrect information on it. The last thing on an order to proof is the pricing. This is where we get the bulk of our mistakes and credits so it is very important that proofers make sure pricing is correct before it is sent out of order entry.
Once the order is proofed, ack, and ready to leave this department, it is placed in a sleeve, also called a traveler. Sleeves are categorized as such:
BLACK TRIM:ALL 4IMPRINT ORDERS GO IN THESE, EVEN IF THEY ARE A RUSH OR HAVE A PRODUCT PROOF
ORANGE TRIM:STAPLES ORDERS GO IN THESE, INCLUDING RUSH ORDERS. PRODUCT PROOF ORDERS FOR STAPLES DO GO IN THE YELLOW
TRIM BAG.
YELLOW TRIM:ORDERS WITH A PRE-PRODUCTION PROOF GO IN THESE, UNLESS IT IS A 4IMPRINT.
BLUE TRIM:ORDERS CONSIDERED A RUSH, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE A TOP NOTE SAYING 2 OR 3 DAY RUSH OR IF THEY ARE SHIPPING
THE SAME OR NEXT DAY.
ALL OTHER ORDERS GO IN THE PLAIN CLEAR SLEEVES.
