Color is a critical part of any product. It’s the first thing your customer sees. Whether you are manufacturing components for assembly or finished assembled goods, the color has to be right every time or you risk scrapping, reworking, or discounting the product. This impacts your bottom line.

Monitoring and controlling color during the entire production process can help manufacturers identify and fix color drifts before they become a problem. To do this, most quality control and color professionals understand the importance of incorporating spectrophotometers into their color workflow for fact-based color management. While spectral measurements ensure a process is running within specification, a company could still be turning out unsatisfactory parts if the product color isn’t what the customer expected when assembled, arranged in a store, or unboxed after an online purchase.