Clicarity โ€บ Chemicals Paints
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How long does a batch wait before QC even looks at it?

How long batches really wait for release. Whether your yield matches your formula, batch by batch. How fast you could scope a recall if you had to.

One plant found batches standing 2.6 days waiting for a test that took under three hours. The lab was never the bottleneck.
Chemicals and paints manufacturers, batch tracking live
As featured in PrintWeek India, April 2026 โ†—

Three plants. Each one blamed the lab for a queue nobody was managing.

01 The batch waiting for QC release

The batch is made. It is correct. It cannot move, because QC has not released it.

QC is not slow, the testing takes hours. The batch waits to be picked up, and nobody is watching the age of that queue, so the oldest batch is rarely the next one tested.

Where a batch spent its time
Charging and mixing6 hrs
Waiting for QC2.6 days
Testing2.5 hrs
Filling and packing5 hrs

The QC queue is now visible and ordered by age, not by whoever walked over to ask.

2.6 days โ†’ 8 hrswaiting for release
Show me howFifteen minutes. We look at your queue.
02 Yield against the formula

The formula says a batch should give you a certain quantity. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it does not, and it is written off as normal loss.

Because charged quantity and output quantity are rarely recorded together, a formula that is quietly wrong, or a scale that is quietly off, can run for months.

Batch yield against formula, one month
Product A98%
Product B96%
Product C83%
Product D97%

Charge in and output out are recorded per batch, so a persistent gap becomes visible rather than absorbed.

83% โ†’ 95%on the product that was losing
Find out howBring last month. Fifteen minutes.
03 The lot that had to be recalled

A customer reports a problem. You need every batch that used the same raw material lot, and every customer those batches went to.

The information exists in a store register, a batch card and a dispatch book. Putting them together takes two people and most of a day, while the clock is running.

Time to identify every affected batch and customer
From registers and cards8 hrs
From spreadsheets3 hrs
Tracked at charging4 min

Raw material lots attach to the batch at charging, and batches attach to the dispatch. The chain is queryable in one step.

A day โ†’ minutesto scope any recall
Show me howFifteen minutes. We trace one lot.

The testing was never slow. The waiting to be tested was.

Every batch. Every yield. Every quality hold tracked.

This is how a print job moves through your business. Clicarity gives you live visibility at every phase, and flags delays before they become client calls.

01
Planning & Procurement
4 stages
Production Order
Production schedule confirmed, product code, batch size, packaging format, delivery.
โœ“ Clicarity: Batch ID created, formula linked, raw materials planned
Raw Material Planning
All raw materials, pigments, solvents, and additives identified per batch formula.
โš  โš  Common delay: one raw material short, entire batch production delayed
Raw Material Procurement
Materials ordered from approved suppliers with test certificates.
โœ“ Clicarity: Supplier lot number recorded at receipt, traceability chain begins
Incoming QC
Raw materials tested for specification compliance before entering production.
โš  โš  Common delay: incoming material fails QC, resupply needed, batch delayed
02
Batch Preparation
3 stages
Weighing & Dispensing
Raw materials weighed precisely per batch formula and issued to production.
โœ“ Clicarity: Weighed quantities logged, deviation from formula flagged instantly
Pre-Mix / Pre-Dispersion
Pigments or fillers pre-dispersed or pre-mixed before main batch.
โš  โš  Common delay: pre-dispersion time under-estimated, main batch start delayed
Equipment Preparation
Mixing vessel cleaned, inspected, and allocated to the batch.
โœ“ Clicarity: Vessel changeover logged, contamination risk from previous batch prevented
03
Production
5 stages
Mixing / Compounding
Batch mixed or compounded to required viscosity, colour, and consistency.
โœ“ Clicarity: Mixing batch tracked, start time, end time, operator logged
Grinding / Milling
Pigment particle size reduced to specification using bead mill or triple roll.
โš  โš  Common delay: mill blockage or slow grind, batch stuck for hours
Let Down / Thinning
Batch let down to final viscosity with solvent or thinner.
โœ“ Clicarity: Let-down quantity logged, batch yield vs planned tracked automatically
Colour Matching
Batch colour checked against standard, adjustments made if required.
โš  โš  Common delay: colour out of spec, repeated adjustments add hours
In-Process QC
Viscosity, pH, density, colour, and other parameters checked and recorded.
โœ“ Clicarity: QC results logged, batch on hold if parameters out of range
04
Filling & Packing
4 stages
Filtration
Batch filtered to remove particles above specification size.
Filling
Product filled into tins, drums, cans, or IBC containers.
โœ“ Clicarity: Filled quantity vs batch size tracked, yield calculated automatically
Labelling & Coding
Batch number, MFG date, and product details labelled on containers.
โš  โš  Common delay: label stock-out, filled containers wait without labels
Final Packing
Filled containers packed into cartons or pallets for dispatch.
โœ“ Clicarity: Packed quantity vs order confirmed before dispatch
05
QC Release & Dispatch
3 stages
Final QC & Lab Release
Finished product samples tested and batch released by QC department.
โœ“ Clicarity: Release status visible, batch cannot move to dispatch without QC clearance
Quarantine Management
Any batch on hold tracked with hold reason and resolution timeline.
โœ“ Clicarity: Hold status live, batch cannot accidentally ship while on hold
Dispatch
Released batch dispatched with test certificate and delivery challan.
โœ“ Clicarity: Full batch history from raw material lot to dispatch preserved
""We had batches on quality hold that nobody was tracking. They just sat there for days while the production team assumed they were dispatched. Now every batch has a status, hold, in-process, released, dispatched. Nothing disappears.""
PR
Production Manager
Industrial Paints Manufacturer. Ahmedabad, Gujarat
As featured in PrintWeek India, April 2026. Vol 18, Issue 12 โ†— Also in Print Bulletin, May 2026. Pages 20โ€“21 โ†—

What improves in chemicals and paints businesses using Clicarity

โ†“ 55%
Batch hold resolution time
โ†‘ 22%
Yield improvement from loss tracking
โ†“ 70%
Batch record completion time
5 days
To go live, full setup included

Questions from chemicals paints businesses

How does Clicarity work for a printing business specifically?
Clicarity is configured around your specific print workflow, pre-press, printing, finishing, dispatch, in your terminology. Every job gets a unique ID and moves through your defined stages. You see live status, timestamps, and alerts when a job sits too long at every stage. The Clicarity team builds everything for you. You go live in 5 days.
Does it work for both offset and digital printing?
Yes. Clicarity works for any print process, offset, digital, wide format, screen printing, or a combination. The stages are configured around your actual workflow. If offset jobs go through plate making and digital jobs skip that stage, both can be tracked correctly under the same system.
Can it track material wastage at each stage?
Yes, with the Multi Licence. At every stage, your team logs quantity in and quantity out. Clicarity calculates the loss automatically. You see wastage by stage, by job, live, not at month-end when nothing can be done about it.
Will my press operators actually use it?
Yes. The update screen has two fields. Job ID and status. Under a minute. No training needed. GP Offset's entire team was using it from day one, including floor workers who had never used a software system before.

See every batch. Every hold. Every litre accounted for.

Book a free demo. We'll map your chemicals or paints workflow live on the call.

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