Press paths
Audit Week
A floor route for audit week on South African sites, prepared for traceability, housekeeping, print records and buyer-facing checks.
How Audit Week moves through an SA packaging run
The Audit Week page is for South African packaging sites preparing for traceability checks, housekeeping reviews and buyer-facing print records. It covers the floor details that usually need attention before an audit reaches the press area.
Start Audit Week at goods received, then trace one live SKU to the press and dispatch file. On South African packaging sites, auditors usually ask for batch identity, plate storage condition, ink issue records and signed print approvals. Inland dust around Gauteng and higher moisture on the coast both change what needs cleaning and what must be photographed.
Capture the press area exactly as it stood before tidy-up starts. Those first images help when an auditor asks whether guards were in place, waste was labelled and approved samples matched the run. Add the time, machine number and job code while the details are still visible on site.
Audit Week route pack
The pack sets out the order of checks from plates and anilox through inks, print records and retained samples. It also marks who should walk with the auditor at each stop, so maintenance, quality and production are not pulled in late. That matters when a buyer visit reaches the press during a live packaging run.
Link Audit Week with the correct press note and the ink record before files go out for review. Check that plate labels, retained swatches and dispatch copies all carry the same job reference. Name your press and the job on it, and we will put together the consumables for the run.
- Traceability route from stores to dispatch
- Pre-cleaning photos with time and job
- Buyer-facing checks noted for production
SA audit pressure points
Export work moving through OR Tambo often brings tighter document control, while Durban and Cape Town jobs can draw more attention to moisture, carton condition and pallet labels. Older sites in Crown Mines, Wadeville or Pinetown may also need extra focus on machine signage, isolator labels and archived print records. Separate urgent re-runs from the weekly plan so an auditor can follow one clean thread.
Coastal plants usually need closer checks on ink viscosity records, adhesive storage and wrapped plate handling. Highveld sites tend to spend more time on dust around sensors, electrical panels and sample shelves. During load-shedding or generator changeover, note exactly when first-offs, approvals and restarts were recorded.
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Checks before the auditor arrives
Brief Audit Week with photos of the press area, timing for checks, and a note on what has already gone wrong. Use a subject line that says exactly what the plant needs.
File the press note while the batch details, anilox readings and sample pulls are still at hand. Keep it with the job record and related traceability documents so a buyer can follow plate, ink and print checks without hunting through separate files.
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