Packing and Shipping PLUS PMS match

Almost 5 years in this company and I always thought that when we ordered a PMS match, there is a warehouse full of paint bottles with a specific pantone color. Am I an idiot or what?
Cesar has to mix those colors to get the right PMS. 15% of this 15% of that add black, add white and voila PMS whatever. The pantone book is like a guide which tells what percentage of the basic colors make up a pms.
So those of us who are outraged by the CIF's on pantone color.... Oh well, live and learn.

I had to make a google search about mixing pantone colors and found an answer from one of the forums.
An answer to the question about how paint is mixed... and the answer is


It's all surprisingly low tech! They mix inks from various tins.
Picking a colour completely at random from a colour book,
brown 4705
is4 parts or 18.2% Yellow
4 parts or 18.2% Ruby red
3 parts or 13.6% Black
11 parts or 50% Translucent white


A machine for mixing Pantone is available for about $3000




The reason 12 pieces cost more than 48 or 72 or 144. Can you imagine mixing a small batch of ink for 12 pieces? And the customer complaining it doesn't look right....

They were working on embroidered jackets for Tom Griffin's order when I got there.
They packed them in poly bags then into the boxes. Only 20 jackets to a box. Freight depends not only on weight but also on the size of the box.

The UPS guy. Sometimes Joel has to chase him around town when the boxes are not ready to be picked up. Dennis, the UPS guy, is a huge help. If it is too late to chase after Dennis and some order needs to ship , Joel drives to the Oakland UPS office to make sure the delivery goes out that day. Oakland is about an hour away.