Quality Assurance - Soar Print

Printing services that deliver consistent quality

Soar Print has been travelling the continual improvement pathway for nearly 100 years. Since Lt. Colonel Fred Soar founded the company back in 1920, we've aspired to lead the print industry in New Zealand. This drive to blaze a trail has made us early adopters of proven new technology, workflow systems and management concepts.

As with our sustainability position, we dont just pay lip service to quality assurance we achieve compliance measures and certifications that prove it.

Lean manufacturing

Lean manufacturing is about reducing waste of all types waste of time, energy, materials, resources and space. It takes a major effort to adopt a lean business culture, but the benefits are long-term and potentially huge.

To date, lean manufacturing has inspired more than 700 OFIs (opportunities for improvement) at SOAR at Soar; these are process improvement suggestions raised by the staff.

Examples are: Ink storage has been moved to provide easier access and reduce motion waste; printed pallets of sheets are stored differently, so that less time is wasted moving them to the next process; redesign of the Soar job bag, to make it easier to follow and more relevant.