Label Control - Who handles label control and the issuing of labels

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dominick

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In a manufacturing operation, which department typically handles label control and the issuing of labels to the production floor?
 
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dominick said:
In a manufacturing operation, which department typically handles label control and the issuing of labels to the production floor?
Welcome to the Cove, Dominick! :bigwave:

In my experience, the control of labels is dependent on the type of labels in question.

Our Safety Manager addresses WHMIS and chemical/hazardous material labelling.

Our Production addresses the labelling of product.

Stores holds the labels for Production.

What kind of labels are you asking about?
 

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Label production and control is handled differently by a variety of companies, depending on volume and quantity of production and the processes involved.

If you stop to consider the difference between Boeing having hundreds of folks produce one aircraft and a small machine shop turning out thousands of parts per shift, you can get an idea of the range of possible schemes.

In my machine shop, for example, we generated inspection sheets, shipping documents, and labels simultaneously with generating the job traveler that followed the part from raw bar stock to packaged, labeled packages on the shipping dock. So the administration department which accepted the purchase order after Contract Review by a cross-functional team was responsible for pushing the button on the computer and starting the printing process. Our next door neighbor who ran 5-axis machining centers had his shipping clerk press the button on his computer to print the labels for his production. The guy who ran the grinding shop on the next block wrote his labels in longhand with black magic markers except when he was doing subcontract work for us - we gave him pre-printed bar-coded labels and special protective packaging.
 
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dominick

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Re: Label Control

Thanks for the replies!

Our company makes medical devices and the labels I'm asking about are both shipping labels and instruction labels. I've previously worked in medical device manufactuiring companies that assigned all label control and issuing to the quality assurance department. I was wondering if that was typical of this industry or any other regulated industry. Are the label stores controlled with limited access? Do ISO or the FDA have any requirements or preferences for the control of labels or label stores?
 

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dominick said:
Thanks for the replies!

Our company makes medical devices and the labels I'm asking about are both shipping labels and instruction labels. I've previously worked in medical device manufactuiring companies that assigned all label control and issuing to the quality assurance department. I was wondering if that was typical of this industry or any other regulated industry. Are the label stores controlled with limited access? Do ISO or the FDA have any requirements or preferences for the control of labels or label stores?
Hi dominick and Welcome,

ISO does not have special requirements, but I believe FDA does. I would suggest you search thru the Medical Device Board and see if this topic has been addressed.
 
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