Job Ticketing in the Electronic Age

Ken Meinhardt, president of Tailored Solutions, says job costing has traditionally required only time and material collection. However, printers now want input from the production personnel to identify current problems, so that they are not repeated on future orders. Current data collection incorporates this quality control function, moving away from simple keypad data entry. According to Meinhardt, Litho Traxx allows operators to give feedback on job components through extensive note fields that are tied to production management reporting.