Making the Product Fit for the Job

Paper discusses the concepts of total quality management (TQM) in the coloration industry. Topics include (i) dye specification (ii) dyestuff manufacture (iii) standardisation (iv) practical repercussions from analytical data (v) visual assessment versus spectrophotometry (vi) reliability of reflectance colour measurement (vii) implications of dye standardisation (viii) physical form (ix) chemical constitution (x) the bulk dyeing situation (xi) what is possible in practice