How it works / Stage 4 · Production
Push it through the floor.
Approved leads become Projects. Each Project owns one or more Deliverables, and each deliverable moves through six production stages with its own sign-off, its own material usage, its own audit trail. The print room knows what's queued; the cutter knows what's printed; the warehouse knows what's ready to package.
Six stages, six sign-offs.
Setup
Designer prep, cut path, file checked, registration marks where needed. Owner: designer.
CMYK pass, ink coverage and substrate logged. Owner: printer.
Laminate
Gloss / matt / anti-graffiti, cure time captured. Owner: printer.
Cut
Plotter pass, contour cut path, weeding. Owner: cutter.
Package
Picking list, kit checked, fittings included. Owner: warehouse.
Deliver
Off the shelf, on the truck, on its way. Owner: warehouse / applicator hand-off.
Material usage, tracked.
Every stage records the materials it actually consumed — vinyl meterage, ink coverage, lamination film used, plotter blade hours. Wastage and substitutions get their own entries, so the gross-profit calculation at the end runs off real numbers, not estimates.
Side states, when life happens.
- On hold — waiting on customer artwork, supplier stock, signed PO
- Cancelled — customer pulled out, kept for audit and learning
- Rework — print failure, lamination bubble, recut needed; tracks the material cost of the rework