1. Label & Packaging Compliance
  2. Who it's for
  3. Contract packaging
Who it's for

Contract packaging

Contract packaging teams handle artwork provided by different customers and need a clear internal review before deciding inspection disposition. A familiar product description is insufficient when the supplied file has changed. Label & Packaging Compliance records the SKU, market and artwork version against the inspection so the team can explain what it examined.

How Label & Packaging Compliance is set up for you

Customer artwork handoff

Inspector confirms the received attachment and the operational inspection it belongs to. Agree with the customer which file is authoritative before starting review.

Assigned examination

Inspection requirements describe the actual packaging checks. The assigned Inspector records observations and evidence, keeping a failed requirement distinct from a requirement judged not applicable.

Review responsibility

Quality Approver examines the inspection evidence and decides acceptance or rejection. Any customer approval remains part of the agreed customer handoff and should be available to the internal reviewer.

Issue ownership

Rejected work creates a linked nonconformance and containment action. Assign the correction to the person who can resolve its cause and arrange independent effectiveness review.

Contract packaging teams handle artwork provided by different customers and need a clear internal review before deciding inspection disposition. A familiar product description is insufficient when the supplied file has changed. Label & Packaging Compliance records the SKU, market and artwork version against the inspection so the team can explain what it examined.

Choose an upcoming packaging job with an identifiable artwork revision and an agreed inspection subject reference. Bring the customer's reviewed file and the requirements used at the packaging line. Decide who confirms customer instructions when the incoming artwork and the job information disagree.

Rehearse an incorrect revision arriving with otherwise complete paperwork. Have Inspector identify the discrepancy before submission, then test the rejection path on a separate failed inspection. Follow the corrective action to its owner and verify that the independent reviewer can see why the action was needed.

Keep the pilot focused on artwork, label evidence and inspection disposition. Connect customer job records or production release tools through a separately agreed integration when that handoff is required. Use [inspection and disposition](/label-packaging-compliance/processes/inspection-and-disposition) for the operating rehearsal and [integrations](/label-packaging-compliance/integrations) for the external handoff.

Features to start with

Roles on the team

Inspector
Conduct assigned inspections and submit artwork and label check evidence.
Quality Approver
Decide inspection disposition and independently verify corrective effectiveness within assigned authority.
Corrective Action Owner
Investigate and complete corrective work assigned to their person record.
Admin
Configure access and person-to-user mappings without substituting administrative access for a quality decision.

Set up Label & Packaging Compliance your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

How to get started